Norwich accept Celtic offer on cusp of club sale

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It is surely no coincidence that Norwich City accepted Celtic’s offer for Adam Idah, reportedly £8.5m up front with another £1m dependent on results and a 15% sell-on fee, within hours of the club being sold to an American investment group.

On accepting the deal for Idah, City added £8.5m to their balance sheet – approximately 12% of the club’s net book value.  It was a deal outgoing major shareholder Delia Smith was clearly motivated to accept before City’s new investors arrived.

That deal is still significant.  It will inevitably reach £9.5m, which, in time, will make Adam our most expensive signing ever.  It is also less than the asking price Celtic were faced with until this week; the sell-on percentage is also less than it was.

Adam reminds me of Mark Viduka.  Strong and skilful on the ball, he can control a long ball and bring others into play.  Without Adam coming in on loan in January, I don’t think we would have got over the line in so many crucial games in the run-in. The league would have gone elsewhere, and who can forget his contribution in the Cup Final?

There is still a medical to complete before the deal gets over the line.  Lots happened elsewhere yesterday.  We’ll touch on Bosun Lawal, Bojan Miovski and others later in the week.

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  1. that akward moment when the crowd are singing two sets of lyrics to the same tune

     

     

    four lads had a dream

     

     

    why dont they go home

  2. Prestonpans bhoys on

    I think Rangers TV would be more balanced than listening to the national broadcaster 🙄

  3. JACKIEMAC on 13TH AUGUST 2024 9:14 PM

     

    both teams are knackered…

     

    Is that another word for gash…😂😂

  4. Don’t wish an injury on any player, but bwhahahahahahahahahaha!!!

     

    Feck thum!

     

     

    Yilmaz stretchered off

     

    published at 21:20

     

    21:20

     

    Rangers 0-0 Dynamo Kyiv (agg 1-1)

     

    Oh dear, Ridvan Yilmaz is down in a lot of pain after that attack and a stretcher is on for him.

     

    Not really sure what happened, to be honest. Waiting for another look.

  5. Never seen such lazy team as Kiev before.Same in first leg.Nobody busting a gut to get forward,against 10 men,you would never know it.

     

    Shortie loyal in full flow.BBC staff waiting to stone Refs car.Bigots.

  6. Yaaaaaassssss!!!

     

     

    GOAL! Rangers 0-1 Dynamo Kyiv (agg 1-2)

     

    published at 21:26

     

    21:26

     

    Oleksandr Pikhalyonok

  7. Well,just as the Turks were prepared to pay 10 mullion to bring him back.

     

    Daily Record.

  8. delighted for them – keep the heads – the hell the club and the supporters are going through – hope this helps

  9. Bwhahahahahahahahahaha!!!

     

     

    GOAL! Rangers 0-2 Dynamo Kyiv (agg 1-3)

     

    published at 21:28

     

    21:28

     

    Rangers have collapsed.

     

     

    Oh the Rangers are 💩

     

    Oh the Rangers are 💩

     

    Oh the Rangers are 💩

     

    Oh the Rangers are 💩

     

    So feckin 💩! 😂😂😂

  10. the long wait is over on

    In truth two really poor teams at hampden

     

     

    One , however, does appear worse than the other…

  11. 😂😂😂😂😂

     

    Rangers 0-2 Dynamo Kyiv (agg 1-3)

     

    Rangers fans are flooding out the exits as Hampden as their team desperately tries to get a goal back.

     

    Ain’t really happening though.

  12. BBC are gutted…

     

     

    Second time they’ve posted this video clip:

     

     

    ICYMI: Both Jefte’s yellow cards

     

    published at 21:34

     

    21:34

     

    Rangers 0-2 Dynamo Kyiv (agg 1-3)

     

    The turning point?

  13. the long wait is over on

    DK have been so awful I am still worried about Thems getting back in this tbh.

  14. Strong believer in the parallel universe and its application to professional football. Anyway curiosity got the better of me ….

  15. Oh the gift that keeps on giving. Noticed that when the new hun was sent off, they started singing the F@@@@@ song.