| Ben Godfrey - from The Athletic 16:06 - Dec 9 with 1459 views | itfcjoe |
Norwich would want £50 million for Godfrey
Ben Godfrey’s performances for Norwich are not going unnoticed by a number of Europe’s top sides. Borussia Dortmund and Lyon, two clubs who like tapping into the English market, have made checks on the 21-year-old centre-back, while Tottenham and Arsenal are also keeping an eye on his progress this season.
But The Athletic understands that Godfrey is rated so highly by Norwich that they would want around £50 million from any buying club. That valuation is gauged by Harry Maguire costing Manchester United £85 million and Adam Webster, who had only played Championship football, joining Brighton for £20 million from Bristol City.
Godfrey is captain of England under-21s and expected to make the step up to the seniors at some stage, while club sources believe he has many of the attributes required to become an elite defender, including exceptional speed and temperament. |  |
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| Ben Godfrey - from The Athletic on 16:08 - Dec 9 with 1440 views | Reuser_is_God |
That’s mental.
At least James Maddison was actually good. [Post edited 9 Dec 2019 16:09]
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| Ben Godfrey - from The Athletic on 16:09 - Dec 9 with 1427 views | Kieran_Knows |
I would say that makes Lamberts valuation of £20m - £30m of Downes & Woolfenden about right then! |  |
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| Ben Godfrey - from The Athletic on 16:09 - Dec 9 with 1430 views | SomethingBlue |
| Ben Godfrey - from The Athletic on 16:08 - Dec 9 by Reuser_is_God |
That’s mental.
At least James Maddison was actually good. [Post edited 9 Dec 2019 16:09]
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It's not that unlikely to happen though. Basically an extra year's parachute payment for them when it does. |  |
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| Ben Godfrey - from The Athletic on 16:10 - Dec 9 with 1417 views | Bluefish |
Was it known a few years ago how good their youth setup was? They have one hell of a crop that have broken through, the value is enormous from what they have produced in the past few years |  |
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| Ben Godfrey - from The Athletic on 16:11 - Dec 9 with 1400 views | Reuser_is_God |
| Ben Godfrey - from The Athletic on 16:10 - Dec 9 by Bluefish |
Was it known a few years ago how good their youth setup was? They have one hell of a crop that have broken through, the value is enormous from what they have produced in the past few years |
A lot of that was down to Matt Gill I think too. | |
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| Ben Godfrey - from The Athletic on 16:24 - Dec 9 with 1320 views | MrTown |
He is a good footballer. Did very well under Paul Hurst at shrewsbury but played as a number 6 screening the back four all season.
£50 million seems high though. |  |
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| Ben Godfrey - from The Athletic on 16:27 - Dec 9 with 1296 views | King_of_Portman_Rd |
| Ben Godfrey - from The Athletic on 16:10 - Dec 9 by Bluefish |
Was it known a few years ago how good their youth setup was? They have one hell of a crop that have broken through, the value is enormous from what they have produced in the past few years |
They’ve bought well though as the likes or Aarons and Lewis were bought from (I think Luton?) when they were 16 so weren’t actually academy graduates as such... same as Maddison who they bought from Cov
The likes of Cantwell and Godfrey however have been real success stories for them |  | | |
| Ben Godfrey - from The Athletic on 16:29 - Dec 9 with 1272 views | itfcjoe |
| Ben Godfrey - from The Athletic on 16:10 - Dec 9 by Bluefish |
Was it known a few years ago how good their youth setup was? They have one hell of a crop that have broken through, the value is enormous from what they have produced in the past few years |
A lot of them were signings, he was signed from York at 17-18 having already played for their 1st team.
The key is to have a style of play that allows young players to flourish, look at the difference between Adam Webster here, where he became a good defender who could play, to one at Bristol City who was set up to be the main man of their team at the back, to get them playing.
We need to play a style of football like we did in the first half on Saturday, that shows of your best players, shows that they can play in better teams who all play like that.
I've been to a couple of big games this season (Liverpool - Arsenal and Spurs - Bayern) and the thing you notice is that at that level you can count on the fingers of one hand how many aimless balls there are played. It is pass, pass, pass - all agme. Every player has to be comfortable in tight situations as getting rid just isn't an option. Admittedly that is at the extreme level, but we need to try and play more like that, we really did on Saturday with the CBs taking the ball in the box off the keeper and working it out from there | |
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| Ben Godfrey - from The Athletic on 16:39 - Dec 9 with 1199 views | Kieran_Knows |
| Ben Godfrey - from The Athletic on 16:29 - Dec 9 by itfcjoe |
A lot of them were signings, he was signed from York at 17-18 having already played for their 1st team.
The key is to have a style of play that allows young players to flourish, look at the difference between Adam Webster here, where he became a good defender who could play, to one at Bristol City who was set up to be the main man of their team at the back, to get them playing.
We need to play a style of football like we did in the first half on Saturday, that shows of your best players, shows that they can play in better teams who all play like that.
I've been to a couple of big games this season (Liverpool - Arsenal and Spurs - Bayern) and the thing you notice is that at that level you can count on the fingers of one hand how many aimless balls there are played. It is pass, pass, pass - all agme. Every player has to be comfortable in tight situations as getting rid just isn't an option. Admittedly that is at the extreme level, but we need to try and play more like that, we really did on Saturday with the CBs taking the ball in the box off the keeper and working it out from there |
Wasn't at the game Saturday (just seen the highlights), but frustrating we can't carry a performance like the first half for 90 minutes. Even 60-75 odd minutes and putting teams to the sword and we'd be looking a lot healthier now in that we aren't questioning the manager and his policy. | |
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