Insidersknowledge 0 Posted January 9, 2014 We had a €10m bid accepted, but Andrea Ranocchia is not interested in a move to Carrow Road. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rolf Harris 31 Posted January 9, 2014 http://www.insidefutbol.com/2014/01/09/inter-defender-andrea-ranocchia-snubs-norwich-city-interest/120457/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
littleyellowbirdie 2,549 Posted January 9, 2014 [quote user="Insidersknowledge"]We had a €10m bid accepted, but Andrea Ranocchia is not interested in a move to Carrow Road.[/quote]Wow. That''s a hefty transfer fee. Strong indication of what the club''s thinking! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
can u sit down please 0 Posted January 9, 2014 Good, he''s not worth that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,558 Posted January 9, 2014 [quote user="littleyellowbirdie"][quote user="Insidersknowledge"]We had a €10m bid accepted, but Andrea Ranocchia is not interested in a move to Carrow Road.[/quote]Wow. That''s a hefty transfer fee. Strong indication of what the club''s thinking! [/quote]That story linked to does not say we made a bid of any amount, let alone had one of €10m accepted. It does not even say we talked to the player''s club. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hog 0 Posted January 9, 2014 [quote user="can u sit down please"]Good, he''s not worth that.[/quote]Really? I think he is..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWC 240 Posted January 9, 2014 Some people thinking that he is off to chelski as replacement for Luiz. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrs miggins 0 Posted January 9, 2014 bl00dy hell, its amazing that we''re looking at a player of that calibre.If you aim for the moon and miss, at least you''ll be amongst the stars......or some $hit like that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill 1,788 Posted January 9, 2014 steady on old fellowyou can''t go imposing all these sort of requirements on football ''facts''best thing is to join in, can be great fun to see how many you can get taken upnot too difficult if you know how, the hard bit is making money out of itmaybe I should set up a website called Sty Sports, dye my hair unfeasibly jet blackand post up all the old nonsense I can dowload from elsewhereby tacking " it''s been reported/claimed/rumoured..."my co-host Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,764 Posted January 9, 2014 Is that the legendary Mick Mcmanus? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill 1,788 Posted January 9, 2014 I wondered who would be the first to notice that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simmo_2 6 Posted January 9, 2014 [quote user="PurpleCanary"][quote user="littleyellowbirdie"][quote user="Insidersknowledge"]We had a €10m bid accepted, but Andrea Ranocchia is not interested in a move to Carrow Road.[/quote]Wow. That''s a hefty transfer fee. Strong indication of what the club''s thinking! [/quote]That story linked to does not say we made a bid of any amount, let alone had one of €10m accepted. It does not even say we talked to the player''s club.[/quote]Why would people come on here and blatantly lie, what would be the point Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill 1,788 Posted January 9, 2014 Just a people will tell you that they have an imaginary friend who lives in the cloudsthey are extremely stupid and want to believe any old guff however improbable - and however little evidence there is for it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Green and Yellow fellow 0 Posted January 9, 2014 http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2014/01/09/why-chelseas-italian-target-could-be-a-disaster/Just to make us feel a bit better on missing out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lavanche 0 Posted January 9, 2014 I''m quite happy we are even linked for names like him. Few years back he was considered to be most promising CB and even thought hype around him didn''t carry his weight at the end he has become quite good CB and definitely would be upgrade for our current CB''s even Bassong.Too bad he didn''t want to join if rumours were true in first place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill 1,788 Posted January 9, 2014 we can be linked with Messi if you care to read the right webpages Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Al 0 Posted January 9, 2014 It''s usually a sign of a club that doesn''t expect to sign anyone. Then they can placate the fans with "We didn''t manage to sign anyone but look at the ambition we showed in trying to sign those quality players". Its a trick Gold & Sullivan are famous for using at West Ham & before that at Birmingham as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill 1,788 Posted January 10, 2014 oh dearso it''s now Norwich City (who exactly) who are planting these stories ?rather them being a combination of stuff planted bt agents and stuff made up by the media(I can only imagine what your take is on the moon landings) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 10, 2014 I hope Mcnally does the decent thing and panics on the last day of the window and buys some dodgy Argie to keep Becchio company on that cold bench. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill 1,788 Posted January 10, 2014 But it is club nothing to do with McNally, or so we are toldthe club simply handover a few million to Hughton and he does the restflying round the uk and europe to watch games and keep track of players, flying round the the same spots to meet agents and then draft up the contracts and negotiate the wagesmaybe that is why we are struggling - would be better if we had a scouting network, a board to oversee matters and some legal expert and a hard faced negotiator to settle the dealbut alas, all that is left to Hughton Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 10, 2014 I thought the flying around watching games was the job of Ewan Chester? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill 1,788 Posted January 10, 2014 err. it was being sarcasticthe basis is that the club receives info about players from many sourcesthese are collated and discussed with the board along with the manager and coaching reportsthe players wider life and approach is also consideredby this stage informal confidential soundings have been taken any decision to proceed is then followed up by McNally closing the dealWe are talking about millions upon millions, which require an awful lot more diligence than merely reading some guff in anewspaper then asking Hughton ''if he could do a job for us''sadly many on here think it is the latter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,558 Posted January 10, 2014 [quote user="simmo_2"][quote user="PurpleCanary"][quote user="littleyellowbirdie"][quote user="Insidersknowledge"]We had a €10m bid accepted, but Andrea Ranocchia is not interested in a move to Carrow Road.[/quote]Wow. That''s a hefty transfer fee. Strong indication of what the club''s thinking! [/quote]That story linked to does not say we made a bid of any amount, let alone had one of €10m accepted. It does not even say we talked to the player''s club.[/quote]Why would people come on here and blatantly lie, what would be the point[/quote]I don''t know what the point would be. But the story still doesn''t say any of those things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
can u sit down please 0 Posted January 10, 2014 Have aiming for possible unrealistic targets like this hindered us?Toivonen, quags and alderweireld have left us needing to plug a gap some 5 months later. I''ve no problem going for players like this but are we barking up the wrong trees?Yes Ricky was a coup but these 3....... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whoareyou? 0 Posted January 10, 2014 Why do so many have to take a negative slant on every piece of City news?Some really need to take stock of what they think and say because we are only on this planet once, so why waste it being negative all the time? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waveney Canary 0 Posted January 10, 2014 We are struggling to score goals so what does hapless try and do, spend a fortune on a defender. You couldn''t make it up. They way he is systematically destroying the legacy of the Messiah makes me both very sad and angry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZLF 274 Posted January 10, 2014 [quote user="can u sit down please"]Have aiming for possible unrealistic targets like this hindered us? Toivonen, quags and alderweireld have left us needing to plug a gap some 5 months later. I''ve no problem going for players like this but are we barking up the wrong trees? Yes Ricky was a coup but these 3.......[/quote] For me the only way pursuing the likes of quag et al can be a negative is if the club do not concurrentlty work on alternatives in case the main targets dont land (we were hardly alone in not getting our prime targets with all the big 4 in teh summer failing on at least one - arsenal bought no striker having not enticed Suarez for example). The club admitted they did not get a cb which was a prime position to fill, what we dont know is how active they were on other targets Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
a1canary 0 Posted January 10, 2014 [quote user="mrs miggins"]bl00dy hell, its amazing that we''re looking at a player of that calibre. If you aim for the moon and miss, at least you''ll be amongst the stars......or some $hit like that[/quote]Quite right. Minus the $hit bit! We are seeing clubs like ours aiming for players like this (Swansea, Southampton) so we should be too. If we don''t get them, fine, but some will come off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Indy 3,300 Posted January 10, 2014 I''m pretty sure that when players like this get linked to the likes of Chelsea and thier agents will advise them of what to hold out for. It''s a pretty high profile target and somewhat unrealistic that he would consider move here from Inter. But good to see that we are asking the questions to these type of players and making the offer. To be honest far more exciting being linked to Ranocchia than the likes of Heitinga. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,558 Posted January 10, 2014 [quote user="can u sit down please"]Have aiming for possible unrealistic targets like this hindered us?Toivonen, quags and alderweireld have left us needing to plug a gap some 5 months later. I''ve no problem going for players like this but are we barking up the wrong trees?Yes Ricky was a coup but these 3.......[/quote]CUSDP, I wouldn''t be sure we were that serious about this Italian defender, and that is assuming there is anything at all in this report. Perhaps a gentle inquiry; it is not as if the transfer window is about to close.As for those other three, Quagliarella always seemed like a wild goose chase, and probably Alderweireld, but Toivonen was a realistic target, and still might be. PSV are not going to qualify for the Champions League, so he is likely to leave now or in the summer. It is just that we look less attractive now than we did last summer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites