Robert Snodgrass joins Norwich City from Leeds United

[Nikki]

Norwich City
have signed Leeds United captain Robert Snodgrass for an undisclosed fee,
handing the 24-year-old a three-year deal.

The striker left the Leeds training base in Cornwall earlier this week to
hold talks with the Canaries.

He joined United from Livingston in 2008 and scored 41 goals in 191 games.


"He is a player I have admired for a number of years now and he's at a good
age at 24," Norwich manager Chris Hughton told the club website.

"He's also got that international experience with Scotland and is used to
playing in big matches both with his country and at Elland Road."

The Premier League club had an approach for Snodgrass
rejected last week but have managed to capture the forward, who won both
Leeds fans' player of the year and players' player of the year awards last
season.

Before the deal was finalised, United boss Neil Warnock said: "Negotiations
[over a new contract] have been going on for weeks.

"I was hoping he would have had a change of heart and I can honestly say that
in all my time in football, I've never worked as hard in trying to keep a
player.

"He was offered the best contract, the captaincy, and we would have built a
team around him so I am very disappointed.

"He's made it clear what he wants to do and he's had his head turned. He
wants to play in the Premier League. He believes his Scotland international
career may be better served in the Premier League, but I'm not so sure."

Norwich are also in talks to sign Sunderland defender Michael Turner, who underwent a medical at Carrow Road on
Thursday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18986870

[chesser]

What a surprise! I think we are now officially a feeder team for Norwich City!

[Nikki]

i thought that to, lol three midfielders from their up to date

[Mickey]

They should have built the team up around him last season. He got disheartened at Leeds which is a shame.

[chesser]

Yeh and despite all the "efforts" and "assurances" from Warnock he still decided to move on, can't blame him Premier League football and all that, but also speaks volumes regarding the ambition of the club even though they brought Warnock in to change things!

[Nikki]

i like him as aplayer, i think he will fit in well. as above i totally agree, they should of built the team around him as he is quality

[CzarJunkie]

The worst thing about this for me is that even though there is strong talk of a takeover Snodgrass still decided to go. Maybe the takeover isn't as exciting as we were first led to believe.

[chesser]

The worst thing about this for me is that even though there is strong talk of a takeover Snodgrass still decided to go. Maybe the takeover isn't as exciting as we were first led to believe.

I think you are spot on there mate!

[Ginnerfreak]