Sky Sports understands that Barnsley have rejected an offer from Norwich City for Jacob Butterfield. The England Under-21 midfielder looks set for a switch to Carrow Road after rejecting the chance to remain at Oakwell. Barnsley had hoped that they had persuaded Butterfield to stay put, but a late move from Norwich has seen them seemingly win the race for his signature. Norwich have now made a firm offer for Butterfield, as Barnsley will need to be compensated due to his age. However, Sky Sports understands that Barnsley consider the original offer as 'derisory' and are ready for the matter to go to a transfer tribunal. The 23-year-old missed most of last season due to a knee injury but he is now fully fit and ready for pre-season.
Lads gunna struggle with the nightlife in Norwich, he's got Norwich city centre on his doorstep and then its erm, about a 2 hr drive to any other civilisation, those tractors only do 5mph tops. I've experienced first hand how the lad likes his nightlife. Should have held out until Newcastle came knocking Jacob.
Good to see us standing up for ourselves with regards to bids for our players for a change. Good one Don.
I'd rather see it go to a tribunal as I think we will get a fairer deal. People still don't seem to realise that The Don is powerless in all this - St Patrick is making the decisions.
I think the fat wage, and Premier League football will make up for that. And he doesn't have to live there does he? I mean, how many tarn laikers live in tarn?
So what happens now? Can he train with Norwich? Does he sign then it's a matter of waiting for the tribunal?
I'd rather we agreed a fee now, so that we'd have some extra monies to play with. Because by the time the tribunal fee is sorted, we'll hit the end of the window and the Don will 'bank' the cash for January, by which time, we could be 10 points adrift at the bottom of the table. Please note I said 'could'. I agree with your comment though Conan re the Don and St Pat.
He's not OUR player anymore. Contract was up on the 1st. So he's eligible to sign for whoever wants him. But yeah, we've got to wait for the clubs to either come to an agreement, or wait for the tribunal to set the fee. Either way, Jacob has gone. Although tbf, he's been an ex tarn laiker for 7 months.
Maybe that's why it's taken so long, he's been offered Norwich or Barnsley, and doesn't fancy the nights out in Norwich much.
Trains with who he wants. If he's agreed a contract, he signs it, plays for Norwich and then tribunal sort out how much they pay.