City draw up target list
Stuart Webber has drawn up his transfer target list, but Norwich City will need to play a game of patience ahead of their Premier League return. City’s sporting director wants quality over quantity in the summer trading to bolster the Canaries’ survival chances. But the on-going financial impact of the pandemic across the game, and […]
‘I will never work in a better dressing room’ – Farke savours City title no 2#
Daniel Farke revealed how much a second Championship title had taken out of him after Norwich City hammered Reading 4-1 at Carrow Road to seal the Canaries’ coronation. Farke is the first ever manager in Norwich’s history to win two titles at this level, but against the backdrop of relegation and the on-going impact of […]
Paddy’s Pointers: Five observations from the Canaries’ 7-0 Championship rout against Huddersfield
Group Football Editor Paddy Davitt delivers his Huddersfield verdict after Norwich City’s 7-0 Championship romp. 1. Perfection Not quite. Just after the final whistle of Norwich’s record-busting romp against Huddersfield Daniel Farke appeared to be having a one-to-one coaching session in the centre circle with Andrew Omobamidele. Or maybe he wanted to tell the teenage […]
City new boy Hugill on Mr Nasty tag and unfinished business
Jordan Hugill is not out to win any popularity contests. But he is threatening to acquire cult status in record time with Norwich City fans. The strapping ex-West Ham striker declared he relishes “battering defenders out of the way” when he was unveiled by the Canaries earlier this week. He also went onto state he […]
City announce furlough plan
Norwich City have confirmed they will begin the process of furloughing members of non-playing staff in response to the on going coronavirus shutdown of professional football. City released a statement on Tuesday evening outlining their plan, in line with the government’s coronavirus job retention scheme, to ‘safeguard future jobs and help sustain the club’ through […]
City new boy reveals he has work to do to impress Farke
Norwich City’s deadline day signing Sam McCallum returned to Coventry City with homework from Daniel Farke. The 19-year-old left-back sealed a Carrow Road move on Friday, after agreeing a four-and-a-half year deal for an undisclosed fee. McCallum was touted with the likes of Liverpool following a breakthrough season at the Sky Blues, who he swiftly […]
‘We agreed with Norwich in three minutes’ – How City won the race for Duda
Norwich City pulled out all the stops to entice Ondrej Duda to England – according to the father of the prospective Canaries’ loan signing. Duda will formally seal a short term deal to join City’s Premier League survival fight in the coming days, and could make his debut at home to Bournemouth. Ondrej senior has […]
EXCLUSIVE: James Maddison on Hillsborough tears and the debt he owes the Canaries
Without James Maddison there would be no Norwich City in the Premier League. A club record sale of the England midfielder to Leicester City in 2018 averted what sporting director Stuart Webber has since labelled a financial ‘disaster’. But what unfolded on his farewell Norwich performance at Sheffield Wednesday could have had far-reaching ramifications. Maddison left […]
Paddy’s Pointers: Five observations from City 2-2 Arsenal
1. Progress After that vital win at Everton, and against a backdrop of Arsenal dismissing Unai Emery and installing the popular Freddie Ljungberg on a caretaker basis, this was a test of whether Norwich’s Merseyside mission was blessed relief or the start of a genuinely encouraging phase of the Premier League journey. It was most […]
Webber on City’s transfer fighting fund
Stuart Webber pledged funds are available for Norwich City in the January transfer window – but he is not about to give rivals the inside track by putting a figure on the Canaries’ fighting fund. Webber was inevitably asked about City’s approach in the upcoming market to the task of Premier League survival on Thursday […]