View attachment 339150
"All I can say is thank god that January has been and gone. We have performed dismally and if it wasn't for my old club Forest having no players I could see us being bottom. It isn't a very good record to see that I have been Chairman at both clubs at the bottom of the table. However, now the transfer window has gone I can announce the signings that I have made which should help us climb out of this mess. First things first, I raided the free transfer market and persuaded what I see as the best players from Forest to come to us. Karl Darlow, Henri Lansbury and Jamaal Lascelles all arrive. Next up, I secured the signature of a young brazilian left back called Emerson after highlighting this as my weak spot. Now onto the signings we have made from the other chairmans, all of which I must admit were a pleasure to deal with. I heard Mr Fish from Liverpool has praised me and I have to say the feelings are mutual. Anywho, we raided Southampton first to secure half their defensive line. I signed Janmaat, Vergini and Ruffier for a combined fee of £12m. Next up was a signing I brought in to replace the outgoing Charlie Austin. Stevan Jovetic signed for £9.75m and maybe more if he fires us up the league which I am sure he will. Last of the cash signings was Jon Williams from Palace, we paid £3m plus Nathan Redmond who doesn't fit into the way our manager wants to play so I shipped him out and we will also owe them £1m if we finish above them as a way of saying sorry for doing so whilst taking one of their best players. On the loan front we have secured 4 players all coming from Merseyside. Otavio, Suarez and Benassi all come in to strengthen the midfield along with Suso from Mr Fish's Liverpool.
Outgoing, as I touched upon, Charlie Austin was allowed to go to Aston Villa for a fee of £7.5m and another £1m if he scores 10+ goals in all comps which I am sure he will but Jovetic will do better for us I am sure! I have also released 3 players from their contracts because they either were not good enough and on high wages or didn't fit into the formation. These players were Elliot Bennett, Ivan Strinic & Jorge Valdivia.
We missed out on two players one going to Villa with Austin and the other being Tom Cleverley, who despite playing in the championship at the moment, wanted 90k+ in wages which is ludicrous!
That is all transfer wise, I hope the new players can gel straight away and therefore driving us up the table.
Here comes the cavalry
Here is what Norwich Chairman James Roots had to say about the disastrous month at Carrow Road.
"All I can say is thank god that January has been and gone. We have performed dismally and if it wasn't for my old club Forest having no players I could see us being bottom. It isn't a very good record to see that I have been Chairman at both clubs at the bottom of the table. However, now the transfer window has gone I can announce the signings that I have made which should help us climb out of this mess. First things first, I raided the free transfer market and persuaded what I see as the best players from Forest to come to us. Karl Darlow, Henri Lansbury and Jamaal Lascelles all arrive. Next up, I secured the signature of a young brazilian left back called Emerson after highlighting this as my weak spot. Now onto the signings we have made from the other chairmans, all of which I must admit were a pleasure to deal with. I heard Mr Fish from Liverpool has praised me and I have to say the feelings are mutual. Anywho, we raided Southampton first to secure half their defensive line. I signed Janmaat, Vergini and Ruffier for a combined fee of £12m. Next up was a signing I brought in to replace the outgoing Charlie Austin. Stevan Jovetic signed for £9.75m and maybe more if he fires us up the league which I am sure he will. Last of the cash signings was Jon Williams from Palace, we paid £3m plus Nathan Redmond who doesn't fit into the way our manager wants to play so I shipped him out and we will also owe them £1m if we finish above them as a way of saying sorry for doing so whilst taking one of their best players. On the loan front we have secured 4 players all coming from Merseyside. Otavio, Suarez and Benassi all come in to strengthen the midfield along with Suso from Mr Fish's Liverpool.
Outgoing, as I touched upon, Charlie Austin was allowed to go to Aston Villa for a fee of £7.5m and another £1m if he scores 10+ goals in all comps which I am sure he will but Jovetic will do better for us I am sure! I have also released 3 players from their contracts because they either were not good enough and on high wages or didn't fit into the formation. These players were Elliot Bennett, Ivan Strinic & Jorge Valdivia.
We missed out on two players one going to Villa with Austin and the other being Tom Cleverley, who despite playing in the championship at the moment, wanted 90k+ in wages which is ludicrous!
That is all transfer wise, I hope the new players can gel straight away and therefore driving us up the table.
