Transfer Rumours The Rumour Mill, summer 2021

Webber played a blinder signing these top young players from relegated clubs and exploiting the covid slump from our position as a Premier league club awash with TV revenue.

We got some cracking prices

 

And Josh M has joined PNE on loan.

 

I doubt that either of the Murphys would get into our side now.

 

Jacob is doing well as left back , didn't he score recently?

 

Permanent: Milot Rashica (Werder Bremen) - £8m, could rise to £11m; Angus Gunn (Southampton) - £5m, could rise to £10m; Ben Gibson (Burnley) - £8m; Dimitris Giannoulis (PAOK) - £6.2m; Pierre Lees-Melou (Nice) - £3.5m, rising to £5m; Josh Sargent (Werder Bremen) - £8m, could rise to £11m; Christos Tzolis (PAOK) - £8.8m, could rise to £11m

Loan: Billy Gilmour (Chelsea); Brandon Williams (Man Utd); Mathias Normann (Rostov) - permanent option of £11m plus add-ons; Ozan Kabak (Schalke) - permanent option of £11m

New contracts: Bali Mumba (2025 plus option of further year); Jacob Sorensen (2024 plus option); Grant Hanley (2025)




Academy

Permanent: Flynn Clarke (Peterborough) - £300,000 plus add-ons; Liam Gibbs (Ipswich) - undisclosed; Kenny Coker (Southend) - undisclosed


Academy released: Caleb Richards (Kidderminster), Jordan Thomas (Barnet), Ethen Vaughan (Burnley), Zach Dronfield (Wealdstone), Louis Lomas (Brackley Town), Melvin Sitti, William Hondermarck

 

I didn't see you post your starting 11 or formation.

Handley was one of our best players last season so our best performing centre back , Kabak hasn't played yet so unproven thus far .

 

We paid Paok £15m and Werder £16m we clearly have a good working relationship with them which could be useful in the future .

 

Yeah RWB I think. I'd take him as a squad player, but little more. I don't think he gets in the side ahead of Aarons or Rashica. I can't believe Jacob is 26 now, I'm still going to think he's 21 when he announces his retirement.



Love this from Normann, if he can bring a bit of fire to our midfield I'd be very happy. We've been too nice since Bradley Johnson and Grant Holt left.

 

Article in The Athletic today about Arsenal's new signing Takehiro Tomiyasu refers to their interest in Max Aarons and reason for not pursuing it. They wanted a player able to operate at RCB in a back line of 3 when in possession. Tomiyasu has a lot of experience at CB and has the build.

 

Yes, and maybe he can give our other players lessons on how to lift weights.

 

I'm guessing the Russian leagues are pretty physical too.

I've seen Rocky 4

 

please log in to view this image

 

Whatever it takes to get into shape!

 

Yeah, just look at his arm muscles

 

There's a man there?

 

That's a busy window! via @norwichcityhq on Twitter.

please log in to view this image

 

That's 25 players out the door for one reason or another (24 shown there plus Skipp). Expected a degree of change, but this exceeds all expectation, in a very positive way. One question. I am sure there is a limit to the number of loanees in a match day squad/team but cannot recall the figures. Can the all play together?

 

They can all play together. The limit is 2 domestic and 2 international loans. The international loans are seen as "temporary transfers" (because that's different apparently...) and so they don't count towards the limit of 2 loanees in the squad.

 

It's good that we have a resident expert on these sorts of things.

 

I thought there is no limit at all on international loans in the starting line up or in the squad? I think the squad limits only apply in the Championship (five loanees?) because they allow up to eight loans in total.

So my understanding is that the limits on loans are up to 2 loans from other Premier League clubs and up to 4 domestic loans in total (which would require loans in from lower divisions).

Then I think the emergency goalkeeper loan rules sit outside this.

But it is a massive minefield so I could be wrong!!