transfer website at its best - talking horlicks

I've recently landed a new job at Norwich City FC working in the Marketing and Franchise as a PA and so have had unprecedented access to transfer goings on down at Carrow Road. There is a lot of activity going on at Carrow Road at the minute and Peter Grant and BRyan Gunn are right in the thick of it. The couple of players that Peter Grant desperatley wants are David Marshall from Celtic and Billy Sharp from Scunthorpe, Grant is confident of securing both, especially after Sharp was very impressed by what he saw on his trip last week. It is strongly believed by the management staff that Sharp is merely speaking to Sheffield Wednesday and Wolves as an act of polite courtesy, and also these two clubs have yet to match Scunthorpe's valuation so Norwich seems Sharp's likely destination. With regards to Marshall, it seems Celtic are holding out for a bid believed to be in the region of £750, 000 which Norwich appear to have now matched, expect Marshall to be concluded by Friday and unveiled alongside Sharp at a Friday afternoon press conference. The other player that Grant is keen to add to his squad is Mansfield Town centre back Alex John–Baptise who is rated at around £500, 000. Alongside Baptise, Grant will add 1 more permanent signing and also a loan signing. The targets are midfielders and the strong favourites are Kris Commons from Nottingham Forest and also young Arsenal midfielder Fran Merida. Arsenal remain on good terms with Norwich as a result of ex Norwich manager Nigel Worthington's close friendship with Arsenal assistant manager Pat Rice. This aquaintance now looks to pay dividends for Norwich who have contacted Arsene Wenger about the possiblity of taking his next starlet on loan and have received positive response from the Arsenal manager.

Posted By: roland rat on June 27th 2007 at 21:38:54

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transfer website at its best - talking horlicks (NCFC) - roland rat, Jun 27, 21:38:54
- Thanks for the update but (NCFC) - KentonCanary, Jun 28, 08:49:33
- Usually someone's wishes rather than reality (NCFC) - Scalo, Jun 27, 23:45:19
  - Interesting use of "usually". (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jun 27, 23:56:05
    - Someone did get the Gilks transfer right (NCFC) - Scalo, Jun 28, 09:42:19
      - Mentioned on Canary Corner a few days ago (NCFC) - KentonCanary, Jun 28, 11:51:13

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