Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[brontebilly]

I appreciate that they got to a European final (and thankfully lost) but where is the evidence that Pochettino is any good? He was good at Southampton, but so was any other bugger they appointed.  Levy is either desperate or stupid.  Poch even managed to finished second in a two horse race in France, with one of the world's best squads.  Humbe pie indeed, I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if Levy is asked to fall on his sword.

N'Dombele would be a very good signing.  Not sure what age Lucas Moura is but I think he's a very under-rated player too.

5 seasons at Spurs where the lowest they finished was 5th I guess. That run to the ECL final masked a team in decline though and they were a rabble in the final weeks of his reign. That PSG squad seem to be an unmanageable lot so maybe deserves a pass there. No matter who Levy gets in that squad needs a complete overhaul. Even if they get Guardiola in we should be targeting to finish higher than them next season.

[Monty]

The highest they finished was 2nd. How would the highest finish be 5th if they were in a Champions League final?

[Dave]

Having read half a dozen pages of the main Norwich forum's thread on Buendia's potential transfer somewhere, it's basically identical to the Grealish thread when we got promoted. All "sell him to Atletico because I couldn't bear to see him play against us",  "he's better than anyone of his style in the Premier League" and "I feel sorry for Villa fans, being led into thinking they'd have a chance of signing him"

Bring him in.

[olaftab]

What about Mata as a reserve 10 and good egg to have around the place?  I think he is on a free and may offer something in a quasi coaching role.

No we don't need to be TK Maxx club.

[pauliewalnuts]

Having read half a dozen pages of the main Norwich forum's thread on Buendia's potential transfer somewhere, it's basically identical to the Grealish thread when we got promoted. All "sell him to Atletico because I couldn't bear to see him play against us",  "he's better than anyone of his style in the Premier League" and "I feel sorry for Villa fans, being led into thinking they'd have a chance of signing him"

Bring him in.

Norwich are the archetypal 'get promoted occasionally, act billy big bollocks' rancid second division fans.

[clash city rocker]

Having read half a dozen pages of the main Norwich forum's thread on Buendia's potential transfer somewhere, it's basically identical to the Grealish thread when we got promoted. All "sell him to Atletico because I couldn't bear to see him play against us",  "he's better than anyone of his style in the Premier League" and "I feel sorry for Villa fans, being led into thinking they'd have a chance of signing him"

Bring him in.

Norwich are the archetypal 'get promoted occasionally, act billy big bollocks' rancid second division fans.

Like smethwick then

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Yup. Yo-yo.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Feel a bit sorry for Norwich fans. Last time they got promoted, they spent bugger all and went straight back down.

They get promoted again and immediately the club are trying to sell 2 of their best players.

[cdbearsfan]

Having read half a dozen pages of the main Norwich forum's thread on Buendia's potential transfer somewhere, it's basically identical to the Grealish thread when we got promoted. All "sell him to Atletico because I couldn't bear to see him play against us",  "he's better than anyone of his style in the Premier League" and "I feel sorry for Villa fans, being led into thinking they'd have a chance of signing him"

Bring him in.

They seem convinced that we would have no chance of getting him. I recall that they also thought we had no chance of recruiting Lambert when we were a shambles and they finished above us. Not that said transaction worked out brilliantly in the end...

But it's hardly beyond the realms of possibility that a player might want to leave a provincial club who seem to have settled for relegation before even starting their campaign to join a massive, upwardly mobile club who are literally the most ambitious on the planet based on the last two years' spending.

Norwich can be added to the Bristol City/Middlesbrough list of weird clubs with weird fans that have a chip on their shoulder about us.

[danno]

I can admit to having a chip on my shoulder about Middlesbrough F.C twenty years ago. Ugo, George Boateng, Southgate, even our goalkeeping coach!

Had no idea it was reciprocal, although their chairman did throw a strop about FFP didn't he?

[SoccerHQ]

£1m Buendia cost from Getafe. Would love to see us identify young signings like that, loan them out and then them to come back as the fully developed player instead of having to pay £40m.

Didn't we sign Luna from Getafe or another middling Spanish team?

As much as it looks hilarious transfer strategy now we did try that sort of thing between 2012-14. Westwood and Lowton now established prem starters for team that stays up every season, Benteke obviously brilliant and we sold for massive profit and Okore was a genuinely rated young prospect at CB when we got him before he did his ACL in his 3rd game.

Just don't expect to get anwhere near top 6 just having that as your only transfer policy.

[Toronto Villa]

Having read half a dozen pages of the main Norwich forum's thread on Buendia's potential transfer somewhere, it's basically identical to the Grealish thread when we got promoted. All "sell him to Atletico because I couldn't bear to see him play against us",  "he's better than anyone of his style in the Premier League" and "I feel sorry for Villa fans, being led into thinking they'd have a chance of signing him"

Bring him in.

Norwich are the archetypal 'get promoted occasionally, act billy big bollocks' rancid second division fans.

Huh...I didn’t even know they had a football team in Norwich. Go figure

[Dave]

Having read half a dozen pages of the main Norwich forum's thread on Buendia's potential transfer somewhere, it's basically identical to the Grealish thread when we got promoted. All "sell him to Atletico because I couldn't bear to see him play against us",  "he's better than anyone of his style in the Premier League" and "I feel sorry for Villa fans, being led into thinking they'd have a chance of signing him"

Bring him in.

They seem convinced that we would have no chance of getting him. I recall that they also thought we had no chance of recruiting Lambert when we were a shambles and they finished above us. Not that said transaction worked out brilliantly in the end...

But it's hardly beyond the realms of possibility that a player might want to leave a provincial club who seem to have settled for relegation before even starting their campaign to join a massive, upwardly mobile club who are literally the most ambitious on the planet based on the last two years' spending.

Norwich can be added to the Bristol City/Middlesbrough list of weird clubs with weird fans that have a chip on their shoulder about us.

Didn't the Wes Hoolihan thing get them a bit stroppy for a few months as well?

Seems like a lifetime ago.

[LeeB]

Having read half a dozen pages of the main Norwich forum's thread on Buendia's potential transfer somewhere, it's basically identical to the Grealish thread when we got promoted. All "sell him to Atletico because I couldn't bear to see him play against us",  "he's better than anyone of his style in the Premier League" and "I feel sorry for Villa fans, being led into thinking they'd have a chance of signing him"

Bring him in.

They seem convinced that we would have no chance of getting him. I recall that they also thought we had no chance of recruiting Lambert when we were a shambles and they finished above us. Not that said transaction worked out brilliantly in the end...

But it's hardly beyond the realms of possibility that a player might want to leave a provincial club who seem to have settled for relegation before even starting their campaign to join a massive, upwardly mobile club who are literally the most ambitious on the planet based on the last two years' spending.

Norwich can be added to the Bristol City/Middlesbrough list of weird clubs with weird fans that have a chip on their shoulder about us.

Didn't the Wes Hoolihan thing get them a bit stroppy for a few months as well?

Seems like a lifetime ago.

Ha ha, the only player that scored and wouldn't celebrate against a team he was hoping to sign for.

[cdbearsfan]

That was mad. I still half expect to see that he's snuck into our pre-season team photo each year.