Norwich City manager Daniel Farke has compared the signings of John Terry and Christoph Zimmermann.
Aston Villa and Norwich both brought in a centre-back each on a free transfer last summer; Villa snapping up Terry and Norwich bringing in Zimmermann.
Terry was signed by Villa after leaving Premier League side Chelsea, whilst Zimmermann was signed from German 4th division side Borussia Dortmund II.
Norwich host Aston Villa at Carrow Road in the Championship on Saturday and Farke said this in his pre-match press conference:
Twitter: On comparing Villa to Norwich Farke says “In the summer they signed John Terry, we got Christoph Zimmermann from th… https://t.co/GM6C9igbX5 (@BobRutler)
Twitter: #ncfc DF not ‘jealous’ of #avfc riches but ‘they signed John Terry, we signed Zimmermann from the 4th tier of Germany.’ (@paddyjdavitt)
Zimmermann has been an important asset at the back for City and was a key member of the club’s record five clean sheets in-a-row earlier this season.
