Norwich City transfer rumours analysed

Late on Friday night surfaced a link to a new potential signing in Polish winger Olaf Kobacki. Both City and Championship rivals, Derby County, would appear keen to offer the 22-year-old a route to England.

That added to reports touting City with interest in Liverpool's Bobby Clark and Palmeiras defender Vanderlan. 

In terms of outgoings, Italian media suggested on Friday Roma are poised to step up their quest to sign Norwich midfielder Gabriel Sara, whilst Trabzonspor retain an interest in Marcelino Nunez, who is away with Chile at the Copa America. 

City correspondents Adam Harvey, Connor Southwell and Sam Seaman convened on Friday lunchtime, recorded prior to the emergence of the link to Pole Kobacki, to discuss the week's transfer rumours surrounding the Canaries. 

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AH: Where are we at with the Gabriel Sara rumours (that emerged online on Friday morning)? Can Norwich fans stop panicking? 

CS: I've spent the majority of the morning trying to source the actual story that this has come from and I can't find it anywhere. I can't find any mention of Gabriel Sara on (Italian outlet) La Gazzetta Dello Sport at all, so I think that probably sums up where we are at with this. Nothing at the moment. The report says Roma are 'expected to ramp up their interest' which is my favourite type of transfer rumour when people are preparing bids. This is not one to lose any sleep over this. We had a more detailed report earlier in the week from an established Brazilian journalist in Sao Paulo speaking about Sara and Roma and it's fairly widely known that there is interest there from them, but we're not at the stage that report, wherever it had came from, was suggesting this morning. He is at Colney [on Friday] as we speak, and the club have posted pictures of him strolling back in. Will there be interest in him this summer? Yes. Will there be interest from Roma? Probably. Crystal Palace are another to chuck into the mix as admirers. There is a scenario this summer that plays out where he is the one to depends. The feeling a couple of weeks ago, he was probably deemed the least likely of the three to leave - but these things are fluid. At this time of the summer, you get a lot of kite flying from clubs, agents and even players sometimes. In terms of pure substance, I don't think we're anywhere near Sara travelling to Rome to be unveiled. 

AH: Sam, what is the latest with Marcelino Nunez and Trabzonspor? There were reports of a bid last week, and since then, they've signed two midfielders. Can you see it moving forward? 

SS: It does feel like it's dying down now. It's not progressed this week from a Norwich City perspective. Obviously, they will be having conversations within their own footballing departments about their various targets. There are two things you can take from their additions in midfield, if you've signed two already then I'm not sure what you could offer Nunez. John Lundstram has joined them on a free, Ozan Tufan reported at £2m, that tells you about the amount of money they are willing to spend this summer. It doesn't feel like a club that could jump to the price point that Norwich would accept. I don't think it was Trabzonspor lowballing, I think that was all they could offer at this stage. There could be other clubs interested in Nunez and it doesn't automatically mean he will be a Norwich player come the end of the window, but it doesn't feel like it's one that is progressing at the moment. It would be great news for Norwich if they can keep him. 

Norwich City were credited with an interest in Liverpool youngster Bobby Clark. (Image: PA Images)

AH: As for incomings, there was a report linking Norwich with a loan move for young Liverpool midfielder Bobby Clark. There were also links to RB Leipzig and RB Salzburg - is that one to keep an eye on? Son of a former Norwich City connection in Lee Clark. Norwich have had success with previously through Ollie Skipp. Is that a route you'd like to see them go down? 

CS: It's a route that they need to go down in a better fashion than they have recently. I was surprised they didn't make better use of it last season. Now they've got Jose Cordoba over the line, and especially before a major outgoing, it's about sourcing players available on a free or a loan arrangement. In that regard, Clark would probably fit where they are at in this stage one of the transfer window and then stage two, post sale, would give them a bit more to play with. Purely on those merits, it is one that does add up and it does feel like an area of the pitch that they would like to add to in central midfield, especially given they were looking at Jonathan Varane in January. Clark is a bit more attacking than him, but they do lack options in the number ten position. He would add good depth and is a technical player. I have no intel on him specifically, but in terms of profile, type of deal and the market - it does feel like one that would make sense. 

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