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 […]
Thorup on Jon Rowe no show at Oxford
Johannes Hoff Thorup plans crunch talks with Jon Rowe after he declined to play for Norwich City in their 2-0 Championship defeat to Oxford, due to transfer window distractions around his future. Rowe has attracted interest from Marseille, but the French club’s opening offer is believed to be well below City’s valuation for their England […]
Pinkun podcast exclusive chat with Glen Riddersholm
Glen Riddersholm has developed over 100 international footballers, is a Superliga champion as a head coach in Denmark and is now working alongside Johannes Hoff Thorup in Norwich City’s bold new era. It is a CV that caught the eye of City fans when news of his arrival surfaced, and Riddersholm has shown throughout his […]
Cordoba coup for Canaries
Norwich City pulled off a ‘phenomenal’ deal to capture headline summer signing Jose Cordoba. Leading sports intelligence company, Twenty First Group, are at the forefront of the data revolution driving the professional game. City’s sporting director Ben Knapper has put data at the heart of the club’s strategy since his arrival last season, and the […]
City appoint Johannes Hoff Thorup
Norwich City have officially confirmed the appointment of FC Nordsjaelland’s Johannes Hoff Thorup as their new head coach. The Danish coach has signed a three-year deal to succeed David Wagner in the Canaries hotseat after the two clubs agreed a compensation package reported to be worth over £500k. Wagner was sacked hours after City’s dismal […]
End of the road for Wagner at Norwich
Norwich City have confirmed the departure of head coach David Wagner. The experienced German was dismissed following Thursday’s abject 4-0 Championship play-off semi-final, second leg exit to Leeds. Wagner’s long time assistant head coach, Christoph Bühler, also leaves the club. The likes of Arsenal assistant Carlos Cuesta, former Reims boss Will Still and ex-Nottingham Forest […]
Norwich City 1-0 Ipswich: Paddy Davitt derby pointers
Paddy Davitt delivers his Ipswich verdict after Norwich City’s Championship derby triumph. 1. Ipswich Town, it’s happened again What a result for Norwich City. A derby game rightly billed as the biggest renewal in nearly a decade. The stakes could not have been much higher. Bragging rights and points to edge another step closer to […]
‘I don’t call them supporters’ – Wagner hits back at boo boys
David Wagner urged the boo boys to stay away rather than hit Norwich City’s Championship play-off charge after Tuesday’s 4-2 win against Watford at Carrow Road. City moved back into the top six after an eighth unbeaten home game in the league but Wagner’s second half substitutions sparked a furious response from a section of […]