TWTD understands former Blues youngster Liam Gibbs’s move to Norwich City will be confirmed once the clubs have agreed compensation.

We understand the 18-year-old will sign a long-term deal with the Canaries after compensation has been set. Discussions between the clubs are ongoing with the Blues expected to receive a figure which is likely to be somewhere around the £500,000 mark.

If the clubs are unable to come to an accord, then the matter will go to a tribunal with Norwich confirming his signing while the issue remains ongoing.

As reported a fortnight ago, last-gasp talks between Town and Gibbs broke down on June 30th, the final day of his existing Blues deal, the club having offered a new contract late last year.

TWTD revealed in January that Gibbs was yet to sign the new terms offered by Town with his contract up this summer and no one-year option included in his previous deal.

While the midfielder, who made his League One debut in the home game against Charlton last season, was keen to stay at Portman Road, he was unwilling to commit to the deal as it stood, although we understand the two parties weren’t too far apart.

Norwich had long been keeping an eye on the Bury St Edmund-based youngster’s situation and were the long-time frontrunners for his signature, while Leeds, Brighton, Rangers and Southampton were among the other clubs to have previously shown interest.

As the end of his contract drew closer, the club made no new overtures as other interested clubs monitored the situation before the deadline-day talks.

In addition to his one League One appearance for the Blues, Gibbs, who was one of the stars of Town’s U18s’ FA Youth Cup run, also made two EFL Trophy starts and one sub appearance.

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Linkboy13 added 17:12 - Jul 14 Upthetown1970 Klug stated last month Gibbs was not ready for senior football or even a lone. So stop trying to bend the facts to get your argument over.
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HARRY10 added 17:20 - Jul 14 He moves to a CAT 1 acadamy, and playing in the PL U23 league. They have developed £80m plus youth recently, plus Buendia. Take out the wages, and the reason for this move is still obvious.
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HalesworthBlue7 added 17:22 - Jul 14 Hope he has a good set of ear plugs when we play scum in two years time , word of advice Liam don't invite your parents!
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essexccc added 17:31 - Jul 14 In spite of being 64, I'm not very grown up in matters involving the Scum and so I only have negative thoughts for Mr Gibbs's future footballing career. It would be good to verbalise those thoughts when Norwich attack the SBR end in season 21-22.
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essexccc added 17:34 - Jul 14 Sorry season 22/23!
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bluesteel added 17:37 - Jul 14 isn't it time in the new BLM era to stop using the word sc*m on this site
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essexccc added 17:50 - Jul 14 Sorry for any offence bluesteel. I admit I should know better but I don't really see a comparison with BLM, as defined by our national side, a cause I'm very much in favour of.
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bluewarrior added 18:01 - Jul 14 No good worrying over spilt milk. I'm sure the club would have held onto him if there was the slightest chance even if only to get a fee. I blame the previous administration for allowing a clearly talented player to go into the last year of his contract when this was all so very predictable. When it came to signing him at the end of his contract then money will always talk and we then have the wages constraints to contend with for a player who is unlikely to feature. I just noticed that Connor Wickham was released by Palace - that would be more interesting.

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algarvefan added 18:38 - Jul 14 If he had wanted to stay he would have, he doesn't so move on, plenty of promising players come to nothing. I wish him all the best though as he is one of ours.
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Monkey_Blue added 19:39 - Jul 14 To pay your top youth prospect the same as the others doesn't make sense. If a players career progresses or doesn't we don't mind as long as the team is winning. His career is sort of important to him. If we didn't fight to keep him and a club comes in with a better offer who are at least two years ahead of us, why wouldn't he take it? He could have his career ended next week with an injury. Why people on here who don't have to make career decisions based on the club they love think players should is beyond me. I look out for Norwich's results every week in the hope they've lost but I wish him all the best.

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istanblue added 01:41 - Jul 15 Hope he fails.
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