Mohamed Toure completes City transfer move
Norwich City have completed a deal for Australian international striker Mohamed Toure from Danish Super Liga club Randers FC. The 21-year-old has signed a four-and-a-half year contract, with an additional one year club option, for an undisclosed fee, believed to be an initial £2.6m with a potential £700,000 in add ons. Toure travelled to England […]
Paddy Davitt: Sargent, City and a tawdry affair
Norwich City and Josh Sargent. The biggest break-up since Ross and Rachel. Easier to plot a route to how it got to a much-loved number nine in these parts downing tools than predict the end game. Only Ben Knapper and Sargent himself really know every twist and turn of a tale now being aired rather […]
Paddy’s Pointers: Four observations from the Canaries Baggies beating
Paddy Davitt delivers his West Brom verdict from Norwich’s stunning Championship win. 1. Waving goodbye to the bottom three ‘Philippe, give us a wave,’ was the cry that rose up from the away end at the Hawthorns on a red letter night for Norwich City in a Championship season holed below the waterline for the […]
Norwich 2-1 Southampton: Philippe Clement Championship view
Philippe Clement had his say on the key issues around Norwich City’s impressive 2-1 Championship win against Southampton at Carrow Road. Jovon Makama’s second half brace notched up a huge three points against the in-form Saints, who arrived in Norfolk on the back of six wins in their previous seven. Ryan Manning put them back […]
Philippe Clement on Canaries transfer approach
Philippe Clement is already drawing up a January transfer window plan to boost Norwich City’s Championship survival prospects. Clement has replaced Liam Manning at the relegation-threatened Canaries and takes charge of his first game on Saturday at Birmingham. Sporting director Ben Knapper oversaw a summer strategy that recruited 12 new senior players but City have […]
Norwich City 0-2 Hull: Paddy Davitt Championship pointers
Paddy Davitt delivers his Hull verdict from Norwich’s latest sorry Championship home defeat. 1. Accountability Ben Knapper. Get out of our club. Liam Manning. Your football is s***. Players. You are not fit to wear the shirt. Fan protests before and after the game around the ground. Any chance Mark Attanasio can board another plane […]
Manning on Championship blueprint
Norwich City need a nasty streak to become serial Championship winners. Liam Manning’s squad went into the international break with hard-fought league victories at Portsmouth and Blackburn, but self-inflicted early Carrow Road setbacks to Millwall and Middlesbrough. The next stage of Manning’s makeover is developing a steely edge on a consistent basis to turn City […]
Liam Manning’s Northampton Town notebook
The Liam Manning era hits a significant milestone with Norwich City’s opening pre-season friendly on Saturday against League One Northampton in a behind-closed-doors setting at Colney. Manning emerged as the strongest candidate to replace Johannes Hoff Thorup as head coach this summer, but that almost feels like a lifetime ago given the pace and frenetic […]
Paddy Davitt: Wilshere caught in City upheaval
Jack Wilshere was earmarked as a Norwich City head coach of the future but ended up collateral damage in the dismissal of Johannes Hoff Thorup. Expected confirmation of a mutually agreed exit arrived on Saturday afternoon, after the 33-year-old was overlooked by sporting director Ben Knapper in the on-going hunt to replace Thorup. The timing […]
Manning, Lijnders and O’Neil make Norwich City cut
Liam Manning, Pep Lijnders and Gary O’Neil are believed to have made the final cut in Norwich City’s head coach search. Sporting director Ben Knapper has also identified three other potential overseas options, although Christian Titz and Brian Priske are understood not to be in the running. City’s former play-off winning captain, Russell Martin, was […]