*** Official Summer 2024 Transfer Rumour Thread ***

[wcorkcanary 4,585]

49 minutes ago, norfolkngood said:

i got tagged with that years ago 🤣 ( overrated )

as for Idah happy getting that for him but imagine if we spent that sort of money and got him !!! 

We must have made an overall profit on idah  surely,  which is second best to bringing on a player that has a sparkler of a career with us, but far far better than  the alternative of being stuck with a player thats either not good enough, or thinks he's too good . ( not that I think either apply with idah, I think we got his timing wrong in regard to bringing him in , then leaving him mostly on the bench...again not surprising  with a fully  fit Pukki) 

Best of luck  to him , he doesn't seem a bad lad , just wants to play. Wonder if Corinthians in Cork have sell on clause, great for them if they do, its what keeps the wheels turning. 

[norfolkngood 1,169]

18 minutes ago, hogesar said:

Mate, there are some things you just don't joke about 😑

SVH's agent must feel like one of those Cold Callers on the phone !! 

" who are you  ? sorry not interested "

[hogesar 10,304]

Just now, norfolkngood said:

SVH's agent must feel like one of those Cold Callers on the phone !! 

" who are you  ? sorry not interested "

Everyone thinks we got a really good price for Idah

What the likes of @PurpleCanary fails to realise is that £3 million of the fee is actually my pain & suffering claim I put into Knapper end of last season.

[norfolkngood 1,169]

3 minutes ago, wcorkcanary said:

We must have made an overall profit on idah  surely,  which is second best to bringing on a player that has a sparkler of a career with us, but far far better than  the alternative of being stuck with a player thats either not good enough, or thinks he's too good . ( not that I think either apply with idah, I think we got his timing wrong in regard to bringing him in , then leaving him mostly on the bench...again not surprising  with a fully  fit Pukki) 

Best of luck  to him , he doesn't seem a bad lad , just wants to play. Wonder if Corinthians in Cork have sell on clause, great for them if they do, its what keeps the wheels turning. 

i think celtic and the league will suit Adam and unlike Cantwell he will be happy and settled and have a good career up there i am sure 

[chrisr1606 19]

1 hour ago, norfolkngood said:

We did this with Brady ( my friend was involved with transfer )  when he went to Burnley he signed say mid-day and was not announced until 5/7 pm as we were trying to buy players and didn't want the other clubs to know we had that money sitting there 

I've always wondered if there's any rule to say you must announce signings. I guess it would be hard to keep the registration quiet but without a formal presentation you'd surely keep people guessing. So if for example we signed a winger and striker this week and don't publicly announce them there'd be little way for Blackburn to prepare for them properly if they didn't know for sure they were here.

[ridgeman 144]

1 hour ago, Rich T The Biscuit said:

That's likely the case, fairly sure Knapper wouldn't have let Idah leave and therefore leaving us lacking in forward players unless it was likely that someone is coming in very soon.

Probably another complete unknown like Chrisene /Forson 

Maybe we are waiting for the Idah deal to be finalised before announcing it.

[Rich T The Biscuit 676]

2 minutes ago, hogesar said:

Everyone thinks we got a really good price for Idah

What the likes of @PurpleCanary fails to realise is that £3 million of the fee is actually my pain & suffering claim I put into Knapper end of last season.

Taking that into consideration £6.5m is still an amazing deal 😆

[norfolkngood 1,169]

1 minute ago, chrisr1606 said:

I've always wondered if there's any rule to say you must announce signings. I guess it would be hard to keep the registration quiet but without a formal presentation you'd surely keep people guessing. So if for example we signed a winger and striker this week and don't publicly announce them there'd be little way for Blackburn to prepare for them properly if they didn't know for sure they were here.

more of a media not allowed to put it out etc ,

people in the game know , i knew so i am sure Professional people knew  

[wcorkcanary 4,585]

1 minute ago, norfolkngood said:

i think celtic and the league will suit Adam and unlike Cantwell he will be happy and settled and have a good career up there i am sure 

Agree, and I wish him well, would never have thought watching him play as a 12/+4 year old, despite being the most exciting player on the pitch that he'd go on to play for us and Celtic( v big for a lad brought up here) . I expect him to grow into his boots at about age 26/7 and become a decent CF. 

[kick it off 2,033]

10 minutes ago, norfolkngood said:

i think celtic and the league will suit Adam and unlike Cantwell he will be happy and settled and have a good career up there i am sure 

Agree 100%. Good luck to him. ****ed up with the flight thing, but generally has come across as a decent guy, unlike Cu*twell

Edited August 14 by kick it off

[Sean 11]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5699493/2024/08/14/usa-players-mls-transfer-deadline?source=user-shared-article

This article on the Athletic saying that St Louis of the MLS have had an interest in signing Sarge. Norwich were prepared to sanction an exit for a deal worth in excess of 20 million. The MLS transfer deadline is tonight. Can't see this one happening somehow

[jaberry2 742]

14 minutes ago, Sean said:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5699493/2024/08/14/usa-players-mls-transfer-deadline?source=user-shared-article

This article on the Athletic saying that St Louis of the MLS have had an interest in signing Sarge. Norwich were prepared to sanction an exit for a deal worth in excess of 20 million. The MLS transfer deadline is tonight. Can't see this one happening somehow

I suppose it depends on Sargeant happiness currently. Would be career downgrade moving back.

[BobLoz3 590]

3 hours ago, Cantiaci Canary said:

Pinkun boys very much downplayed the Cannon links last night in the pre-match chat.

Apparently, we're interested in a £3-4M foreign striker.

Club want a permanent replacement for Idah & Cannon is too expensive even if he was favoured.

Yildirim linked now! 

[jaberry2 742]

3 minutes ago, BobLoz3 said:

Yildirim linked now! 

This guy?

 

[king canary 8,269]

3 minutes ago, BobLoz3 said:

Yildirim linked now! 

Not scored many of late but an interesting profile. 6ft 3, still pretty young but seems to pretty much exclusively play through the middle.

[ncfc-tom 49]

2 minutes ago, jaberry2 said:

This guy?

 

Just watched the next highlights reel, hmm, unimpressed 

[jaberry2 742]

Just now, king canary said:

Not scored many of late but an interesting profile. 6ft 3, still pretty young but seems to pretty much exclusively play through the middle.

Looks about as handy as Barnes in front of goal..

[jaberry2 742]

2 minutes ago, ncfc-tom said:

Just watched the next highlights reel, hmm, unimpressed 

SVH Mk.2

[eddie1 1]

the next svh

Edited August 14 by eddie1

[Mason 47 1,749]

Yildirim only signed a 5-year contract at current club Rennes last summer. Little bit odd.

[jaberry2 742]

I actually have not found any links over the internet in connection with him.

It also sounds like Leeds may of moved on from Rowe, but of course could be in for multiple wide players. Linked with Manhoef from Stoke.

Edited August 14 by jaberry2

[BobLoz3 590]

Yeah 21 starts with 0 goals last season... Eeek! 

But that doesn't always mean a player is hopeless in front of goal! 

[Jim Smith 2,455]

Based on those goalscoring stats no thank you 

[ncfc-tom 49]

36 minutes ago, jaberry2 said:

SVH Mk.2

Makes SVH look like Messi 

[kick it off 2,033]

1 hour ago, jaberry2 said:

Looks about as handy as Barnes in front of goal..

He looks like an absolutely perfect replacement for Barnes though who is often injured and definitely past it.... He would send Sarge clean through time and again with those flick ons. I can see some value to bringing him for the role he could play in the team, rather than being an individually prolific striker. He looks like a big, powerful runner with the ball too - bit like Stiepermann except maybe more in control of himself, and seems to win a fair few free kicks which we always have a chance with whilst Nunez is around the team. 

One of those signings that would look Dog**** on paper and would create some immediate dissent from the usual suspects on here, but actually could really work out.

He doesn't actually appear to be a taditional central striker either to be fair - from the highlights he usually seems to be out wide or playing deeper in a number 10 position. No idea whether that is right, just going by what I can see on the highlight reel.

Edited August 14 by kick it off

[king canary 8,269]

13 minutes ago, BobLoz3 said:

Yeah 21 starts with 0 goals last season... Eeek! 

But that doesn't always mean a player is hopeless in front of goal! 

It wasn't 21 starts, it was 21 appearances, only two of them were starts.

[Feedthewolf 5,537]

1 minute ago, king canary said:

It wasn't 21 starts, it was 21 appearances, only two of them were starts.

Came here to say this! And also to say that he has played on the right wing before too, so could act as a rotation player for one of the auxiliary forward positions as well as acting as backup to Sarge. Seems an obvious like-for-like Idah replacement to me.

[PurpleCanary 6,142]

4 hours ago, PurpleCanary said:

And I think he knows the name.

This obviously the name. The Stade Rennais fans have cottoned onto this, via a source from Turkey. But no good versus bad reactions yet.

To add, the fee being quoted is €3.5m, which would fit in with the figures Southwell had been mentioning. As would the ability to play out wide as well as in the centre.

Edited August 14 by PurpleCanary

[Satriales 848]

Connor suggesting this Yildrim deal is very far down the line, as in close to being done deal. 

[Tetteys Jig 847]

Pretty underwhelming but he must have something about him to get caps for Turkey already