Financial details of Norwich City, Brighton deal revealed | OneFootball

The financial details of Norwich's deal to sign Brighton defender Ruairi McConville deal have been revealed.

Norwich City have made a deadline day signing with centre-back Ruairi McConville joining the club from Premier League side Brighton and Hove Albion.

Norwich are struggling for options at centre-back right now, with Jose Cordoba currently injured, and Callum Doyle having to play in the centre of defence in their 1-0 away win at Watford on Saturday, despite Johannes Hoff Thorup utilising him as a left-back for much of the campaign thus far.

It was then reported that Norwich were hoping to secure a deal for Peterborough United centre-back Emmanuel Fernandez before Monday night's transfer deadline, according to the Pink Un, who believe the Canaries could potentially swoop for one of Posh's most valuable assets.

Posh boss Darren Ferguson then provided the Peterborough Telegraph with a new update on the situation, and has confirmed that a bid by an unnamed club for Fernandez has been accepted, but the deal is still yet to be completed due to other details - PinkUn have reported that outfit to be Norwich.

With Deadline Day now here, however, the Canaries have pulled out of the deal to sign Fernandez, according to the PinkUn, and personal terms were seemingly not the deciding factor in their decision. That's because they only intended to acquire one central defender prior to the deadline.

McConville ended up being the option they decided upon instead. That's following an update from Connor Southwell which claimed it was likely to be one or the other.

The 19-year-old has joined the club for an undisclosed fee and has signed a contract that will run through to the summer of 2030. He will wear shirt number 15, as per Norwich's official announcement.

The fee is potentially significant in the long-term, with Norwich paying an initial £1 million that could rise to just under £3 million in add-ons for the Northern Irish international. That reveal came via Alex Crook of talkSPORT, although it is unclear what the add-ons entail and how achievable each of them is for Norwich and McConville.

Ruairi McConville has enormous potential

Given how highly-rated a man of Ben Knapper's talents is behind the scenes, you can be confident in saying that securing McConville in the long run could be a real recipe for success at Norwich. He has largely looked further afield for signings this month and in the summer, but most are promising players with bags of potential and with resale value.

McConville is likely to be the same as an asset to develop long-term and a useful squad player in the short-term. He spent time in his youth at Linfield, before joining Brighton in 2021. Ironically, he recently made his senior debut for the Seagulls, featuring from the bench against Norwich in the 4-0 FA Cup defeat.

The main factor regarding McConville is that he has already played senior football for Northern Ireland. That feat was achieved prior to his first Brighton appearance, when he featured in a UEFA Nations League victory over Belarus.

He has to have more than a bit about him to be playing international football before ever making his professional club debut. This is another player to keep a close eye on over the coming seasons at Carrow Road.