The Norwich City Chronicle
Market9 Jul 2035
Norwich City say no — this time
The offer from Nottingham Forest for Chadi Riad was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market9 Jul 2035
Will Wright asks to leave Norwich City
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Transfer targets9 Jul 2035
West Ham United tell Norwich City: Martin Sherif is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market9 Jul 2035
Sergi Oriol is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Norwich City is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Transfer targets9 Jul 2035
An offer of $150.0K for Ivor Pandur
Norwich City have gone to Crystal Palace with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets9 Jul 2035
No deal for Robert Reid at that price
Norwich City offered $80.0K; Brighton said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Squad9 Jul 2035
Words at Norwich City training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sol Gordon is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout9 Jul 2035
The manager makes an example of Sol Gordon
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad9 Jul 2035
Norwich City count the cost of losing Jonathan Jackson
36 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
In brief
- Market Norwich City and Joe Whitworth are talking past each other
- Transfer targets Norwich City try to borrow Joel Ndala
- Squad A falling-out at Norwich City