Norwich striker Josh Sargent will be part of Toronto FC in a deal value greater than £20m, studies BBC Radio Norfolk.
The 26-year-old American has scored eight objectives in 25 appearances in all competitions this season, together with six within the Canaries’ opening 5 matches of the marketing campaign.
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The preliminary payment is believed to be round £15.5m, rising to greater than £20m with add-ons and he’s anticipated to signal a five-year deal.
Sargent is flying out to Canada on Friday earlier than endeavor a medical on the MLS membership.
The ultimate payment Toronto can pay could possibly be an MLS file, eclipsing Son Heung-min’s £20m plus transfer to Los Angeles FC in August.
Sargent arrived at Carrow Highway in 2021 for £8m from German facet Werder Bremen and can depart having scored 53 league objectives in 147 appearances.
His final sport for the Canaries was in early January and he had been coaching with the second staff.
‘Bitter finish for beforehand beloved striker’
Evaluation – BBC Radio Norfolk’s Rob Butler
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The Josh Sargent saga seems to be reaching a conclusion, lastly.
The USA worldwide is on his solution to Canada to signal for MLS facet Toronto in a deal which may earn the Canaries over £20m. As at all times with fashionable switch charges, there are add-on standards’s that have to be crammed down the road, however the targets are stated to be “achievable”.
Regardless of his present place as public enemy primary amongst Canary followers following his refusal to play within the FA Cup tie towards Walsall, Sargent is the membership’s greatest participant.
The blow of shedding him shall be softened by the emergence of switch window signing Mohamed Toure who now has 5 objectives in three video games, nevertheless it stays to be seen if the Australian can completely fill the Sargent-shaped void.
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High scorer Jovon Makama will miss a big a part of the remainder of the season with a foot harm so 21-year-old Toure is now the principle man with Dane Mathias Kvistgaarden appearing as an alternative choice.
Sargent will look to choose up his profession within the MLS and make a late declare to be a part of the World Cup squad, a event which is able to happen partly within the States.
For Norwich supporters it is a bitter finish for a beforehand much-loved striker they voted for as participant of the season in 2025.
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