Norwich City must regret 2023 agreement with multi-million-pound loss set to be confirmed: View
With the news confirmed that Christos Tzolis has moved to Fortuna Dusseldorf for a reported £3 million fee, Norwich City must be scratching their heads at where it all went wrong with the Greek forward.
German publication Bild first shared the news that the forward is set to make the move to the 2. Bundesliga outfit on a permanent basis this summer, following his season-long loan move from Carrow Road agreed last year.
That deal was also said to have an option to buy inserted into it, which Fortuna were all too happy to make the most of after their season came to an end, with Tzolis having notched 22 goals in his 30 league appearances while in Germany.
The move brings an end to a disappointing three year association with the Canaries, as he failed to live up to the billing after the fanfare that greeted his arrival.
Christos Tzolis failed to deliver for Norwich City as Fortuna Dusseldorf look set to profit
There was plenty of hype surrounding Tzolis when he initially made the move to Norfolk in the summer of 2021, with the Greek star joining in a club-record £8.8 million deal from PAOK in his homeland.
Tzolis was brought in to aid the East Anglian’s chances of survival in the Premier League, but failed to make much of an impact in his first season in the English game, as he failed to register a league goal in any of his 14 appearances.
Things didn’t fare any better once relegation had been confirmed, with a loan move to Dutch side FC Twente confirmed for the next campaign, where he registered three goals in 14 matches before returning to England halfway through the campaign.
