Having seemingly been knocked back in their pursuit for one promising young player, Peterborough United’s Flynn Clarke, at least for the moment, news is now breaking about the race for another.
A race that Norwich City have reportedly won.
You can read about the Canaries’ attempts to buy Flynn Clarke from Peterborough below.
Norwich Bid For Promising Prospect Rejected
The other promising attacking prospect, and the headline subject of this article, is Bolton Wanderers’ 17-year-old Regan Riley. The report comes via journalist, Pete O’Rourke.
Understand Norwich City have agreed a deal to sign Bolton Wanderers midfielder Regan Riley beating off interest from Brighton for the 17-year-old. #ncfc #bwfc #BHAFC
— Pete O'Rourke (@SportsPeteO) January 28, 2021
As you can see, Mr O’Rourke says that City have beaten Brighton to this signing as well.
Riley has only played once this season – 53 minutes against Shrewsbury Town in the EFL Trophy and it seems that a £250k fee will see him join Norwich on a three-year-deal.
I’m reading that he isn’t on pro-terms at Bolton, so that fee is presumably compensation due to his age and I imagine there may be some add-on clauses included in the deal.
If accurate, this is another example of Norwich picking up a promising youngster at a knockdown price. They did the same with Bali Mumba last summer and it’s that template, including the willingness of Daniel Farke to play youngsters, that helps us sign them.
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I’m surprised that Bolton Wanderers aren’t going to hang on to this player.