In March 2013 Ricky van Wolfswinkel was a man on the move in every sense. Norwich City had just forked out a club record fee for his services, a deal they were so anxious to conclude that they didn’t dare risk getting gazumped in the summer.
Even before van Wolfswinkel had even set foot in Norfolk shirts bearing his name were being demanded in such quantities that the club had to “pre-announce” his squad number before they actually knew who else might be in the team, apparently as oblivious to the concept that that they might need to sign some other players as they were to the potential screen printing losses.