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. the long wait is over on

    Pains me to say it but Jefte’s second yellow card was really, really soft.

     

     

    Still these things even themselves over the season as we all know.

  2. 😂😂😂😂😂

     

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

     

    Robin Propper is playing in a front two with Cyriel Dessers now.

  3. bournesouprecipe on

    Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

     

    oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

  4. the long wait is over on

    Yeeees

     

     

    Oh my sides.

     

     

    Boos ring out at their temporary ground as they cant play at their own toxic dump

  5. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

     

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

     

    published at 21:40

     

    21:40

     

    A boo from the remaining Rangers fans in Hampden follows the full-time whistle.

     

    Reckon some of them are for the referee.

  6. DK were absolutely crap, Sevco would probably have won it it hadnt been for the second yellow.

     

    Ya beauty. I think that result means a few extra million for Celtic as we are the only representatives now.

     

     

    If Carlsburg did tuesday nights.

  7. Paul The Spark on

    Does that mean more money for Celtic? I know in previous years there was a pool of money that got split between participating teams from the same country.

  8. Don’t have the actual stats but Clement’s record, apart from League Cup, must be crap – Le Guenesque!

  9. the long wait is over on

    Pundits calling for ref to be banned from the Champions league amd for the rules to be changed

     

     

    Everything being blamed on the second yellow card [to be fair it was a really poor decision :-) ]

     

     

    Noone seems to have noticed they couldn’t score in the first 60 odd minutes “at home”

  10. Oh no…the Hun commentators are revolting 😂 So that’s £5M that they’ve already spent not coming in…such a shame lol

  11. the long wait is over on

    SILVER CITY 1888 on 13TH AUGUST 2024 9:41 PM

     

    We’re never getting our coefficient back up.

     

     

     

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    I’m devastated.

  12. They’re already talking about the consequences of a long campaign in the europa – hahahahaha

  13. Beautiful. Just perfect.

     

     

    Sending off and another injury to Yilmaz.

     

     

    No £5m and no home gate from play off.

     

     

    No CL. More CL share for us.

  14. Prestonpans bhoys on

    I’ve Sky + and you can freeze the frame on the contact. The huns elbow is against the lower jaw and the neck. Yellow all day long…….

  15. the long wait is over on

    BBC showing the first goal again.

     

     

    PMSL as Tom Lawrence jumps out the way of the shot.

  16. Thank god for good Italian referees 😂😂😂😂

     

     

    That was a HORRENDOUS , HORRENDOUS decision…….naw it wisny 😂😂😂

  17. PRESTONPANS BHOYS on 13TH AUGUST 2024 9:46 PM

     

     

    It looked really soft to me but I only saw it from one angle. Happy to take your advice.

     

     

    I know one thing – no Scottish referee would have given it.

  18. Prestonpans bhoys on 13th August 2024 9:46 pm

     

    I’ve Sky + and you can freeze the frame on the contact. The huns elbow is against the lower jaw and the neck. Yellow all day long…….

     

     

    he didnt smash him but his elbow is in his face, booking all day long.##

  19. Well, that is a pleasant end to the evening. Didn’t even know that they would have earned 5 million if they won tonight. Still penniless now?

     

     

    Pleasant dreams everyone.

     

     

    We shall not be moved.

  20. SAINT STIVS on 13TH AUGUST 2024 9:51 PM

     

    mcgregor doesnt llook a well man

     

     

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    Did he get beaten up by Celtic ( his burd ) again ?