In-demand Canaries player Borja Sainz may be worth “£45-50 million” if he stays until the summer and continues to play at his best, according to former Norwich City striker Iwan Roberts.
Throughout the current season, the Spanish winger has been in outstanding form for Norwich, solidifying his position as maybe the greatest player in the division. Sainz currently has 11 goals and two assists from 15 matches, more than any other player in the Championship.
Prior to this month’s international break, Norwich had lost their last three games against Cardiff, Sheffield Wednesday, and Bristol City. They have been inconsistent this season and have lost none of their last six games.
Norwich’s early-season promotion hopes have somewhat waned due to a serious injury crisis that has forced Johannes Hoff Thorup to make due without players like Josh Sargent, Angus Gunn, and Marcelino Nunez. At the moment, they are in 14th place, three points above Cardiff in 22nd place.
Naturally, the Canaries will be confident that they can regain their promising early form once their key players are fully recovered, but if they are lower in the table, they will undoubtedly be more vulnerable to losing Sainz in January.
Borja Sainz of Norwich City already has suitors before the January transfer market opens.
It should come as no surprise that Sainz’s incredible play has drawn attention, and he appears to have attracted a number of suitors before the January market opens.
Galatasaray is reportedly one of the interested parties. Naturally, the Turkish powerhouses signed Gabriel Sara, Norwich’s former midfield star, in the summer, and they might have good cause to think they can entice a valuable asset away from Norfolk once more after the year ends.
It is also thought that the Spaniard is interested in returning to his native country. According to Radio Popular de Bilbao, Sainz would love to transfer to the Spanish capital, and Atletico Madrid, Athletic Club, and Villarreal are all interested in signing him.
Given Diego Simeone’s team’s lengthy history and the level of the teams watching Sainz, it is also not surprising that he will be retained in January.
Norwich City should keep Borja Sainz in January, according to Iwan Roberts.
Roberts, the former Canaries frontman, has urged his team to cling onto their star player at all costs in the face of Sainz’s expanding list of suitors. According to the Welshman, who scored 84 goals for Norwich between 1997 and 2004, Sainz might already be worth £30 million, and by the end of the season, his value could surpass £45 million.
“What happens in January if he stays fit?” Roberts asked in his column for The Pink Un. According to the club, they have no plans to sell him.
That won’t stop him from being on some clubs’ radars, though. You cannot score as many goals as he does from a wide position, score the kind of goals he is scoring, or put on the kind of displays he is putting on while remaining silent.
“I would really like to see the roster of recruiters and scouts for a game at Carrow Road.
“The club has stated its position clearly, but that is not the same as someone making them an alluring offer. I would be looking at him if I were at a Premier League team in the lower half that has had trouble scoring goals—and there are a number of them there.
“The only thing I can say is that he has never had the opportunity to accomplish it at the Premier League level. I hope he doesn’t depart in January, but if he does, you’re truly throwing in the towel. You’ve settled for mediocrity in the middle of the table, perhaps even a top-half finish.
“You might receive funds for investments if you lose him, but you won’t get another Borja Sainz, particularly in January. We might be discussing a price tag of £30 million right now, which is not impossible in my opinion. However, let’s assume he scores 13 or 14 goals or 25 goals from the left wing over the course of the following 31 games. Then, you would be discussing £45 million or £50 million.
And what would happen if you were one of his teammates and he left in January? I would be devastated. If you were Josh Sargent and you witnessed Sainz departing, you would see your own goals dashed.
“If it’s me and you’re cutting off my right arm, I’m thinking, ‘Where’s my contract?’ Someone taking some of the pressure off me by scoring goals would relieve me of the need to perform every week, which I believe would improve Josh Sargent’s play and goal totals.
It would demonstrate a lack of ambition. I’m speaking speculatively, and I hope he stays for the entire season, but Josh Sargent will have a better chance of developing as a player if Sainz is on the club.
“If the lads are going to get back to winning ways and climb back up the league, get in around that top six, they need to keep him, simple as that.”
