www.pinkun.com has a bit on this. Delia and Michael
state that it is purely coincidence but leave it well
open as to if the any of the cash will go to the club.
- Keith

--- "Hilton, Mark"
<Mark.Hilton@...> wrote:
>
> On Ceefax this morning Delia was reportedly selling
> her interest in the
> publishing group she co-owns with her hubbie. Maybe
> this has something to
> do with the ability to pay a higher fee - or is it
> just coincidence!
>
> In addition I truly hope this Dean provides more for
> us than Mister
> Coney!!!!!
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mls11groups [SMTP:mls_11@...]
> Sent: 10 January 2005 22:31
> To: CN@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [CN] Dean Ashton completes his move!
>
>
>
> Dean Ashton today put pen to paper on a
> record-breaking deal that
> could cost City £3.5m - and worth every penny if he
> scores the goals
> that help keep us up!
>
> As well as the various add-ons (presumably related
> to staying up,
> appearances and possibly goals scored) there is
> also an additional
> 20%
> sell-on clause. City have given him a
> three-and-a-half year deal
> (with
> a further one-year option).
>
> Ashton has scored 74 goals for Crewe since the
> summer of 2000
> (further
> details at the end), including 20 this season (17
> in the league),
> currently making him the Championship's top
> striker. He has also
> played for England at U19, U20 and U21 levels,
> including three U21
> caps and two goals. He will join training at Colney
> on Tuesday
> morning, ready to join the squad for Saturday's
> trip to Aston Villa.
>
> Worthington said he was "delighted that we've been
> able to attract
> such a young talent to Carrow Road. Dean is
> currently one of the
> best
> young strikers in the country and has scored goals
> for Crewe on a
> consistent basis. I hope he can continue to do so
> for us in the
> Premiership and that he goes from strength to
> strength while he is
> with Norwich City."
>
> Ashton seemed equally delighted: "It's incredibly
> exciting. To come
> from Crewe to a good club like Norwich and play in
> the Premiership
> is
> tremendous. With Norwich I felt there was a chance
> to play
> regularly.
> The main thing I've noticed is how professional the
> club is. All the
> facilities are excellent. I would love to play as
> well as I can and
> score as many goals as I can so Norwich can stay in
> this league."
>
> Explaining the surprisingly large fee, Roger Munby
> said: "Dean is
> obviously a very talented young player indeed with
> what will
> hopefully
> be a bright goalscoring career stretching ahead of
> him. From the
> moment Nigel and his coaching staff came to us with
> their firm
> recommendation that this was their number one
> transfer target for
> the
> January window, the board has carefully considered
> what it would
> take
> to bring him here. Our ambition for the team
> matches Nigel's -
> therefore the only question remaining was how we
> might fund the
> largest transfer acquisition in the club's history.
> As has been
> reported, we already had £1.2m available from the
> supporters who
> backed us by choosing not to redeem their B
> Preference Shares in the
> autumn. Some additional money was available to the
> board through the
> club slightly exceeding budget in off-the-field
> commercial areas
> this
> season. The significant amount needed to make up
> the shortfall to
> complete the deal has been off-set against
> Premiership monies the
> club
> will receive regardless of what division we will be
> playing in next
> season. Even in the worst case scenario whereby we
> are relegated,
> the
> club is guaranteed a substantial parachute payment
> next year. The
> Board has taken another bold, calculated gamble to
> make this deal a
> reality, just as we did when Darren Huckerby, Matt
> Svensson and Leon
> McKenzie signed permanently for us last season."
>
> Dean Ashton Factfile:
> Height: 6'2"
> Weight: 12st 8lb
> DoB: 24-11-1983 (in Swindon)
> Position: Forward
> Nationality: English
>
> Club From To League FAC LC
> Other
> Crewe 1/8/00 10/1/05 131(27)61 6(3)5 6(1)3
> 3(0)5
>
>
>
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