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True but the players on international duty aren’t due to report until Thursday and if I was him I’d want to address the squad as a whole for the first time. The main thing is that we have a reason to be positive again. That might be undone by 5pm on Saturday but until then and what unfolds...

Smith will start on Wednesday, when he is set to undertake his first media duties as Norwich head coach. You only get one chance to make a first impression, which is why Smith will begin working with Norwich’s players 24 hours later once the rested souls and those currently away on international...

The talks with Smith had been hugely positive and backed Webber’s previous view of him. He was offered the position on Friday evening while in the US, and he verbally accepted. Norwich are not expected to do further recruiting beyond Smith and Shakespeare, despite the dismissal of Farke and...

The only non-negotiable was going to the US to see his son, Jamie, for the first time in two years (Jamie plays collegiate football for North Carolina State). So both parties got together at Smith’s home on Tuesday before his flight to New York. Talking to Lampard in Dubai was essentially the...

First was a long phone conversation with Lampard, followed by face-to-face talks with him in Dubai on Thursday. Lampard was on holiday there with friend and Chelsea academy coach Joe Edwards at the time. All parties left those talks agreeing to think things over before having another chat once...

Here‘s a little bit of Michael Bailey’s Athletic article explaining City’s hunt for a new coach and how SW settled on Dean Smith, who he incidentally interviewed for the Huddersfield job only to choose David Wagner… The sense of calm on the inside as the process unfolded often felt at odds with...

It wasn’t true - Johnson did a Talk Norwich City podcast a while back and laughed at it. Said he and Grabban are mates and watched a Forest v Blackburn game together just a week before when both were injured. Some of this social media stuff is just crazy…

The Athletic (Michael Bailey) are now reporting that verbal agreement has been reached with Dean Smith to become City manager with Shakespeare as his number two. Two & a half year deal to be announced in the next 24hrs!

Michael Bailey reporting for The Athletic that Smith has been offered the job with Craig Shakespeare as his No.2. City hoping to announce them in the next 48hrs!

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11709/12467269/norwich-city-expected-to-offer-dean-smith-managers-job-in-next-few-days Sky Sports latest, Smith set to be offered the job. I‘m more than happy to give Smith a go. He has a lot more experience in the managerial game than Lampard and was the...

I just wonder if Frank bottled it a bit. He wouldn’t have a lot of money to spend, obviously, and might be scared of having a relegation on his CV. I don’t know, but suspect he rates himself and like a boxer wanting to keep the precious “zero losses” on his record by avoiding dangerous...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10195511/Frank-Lampard-TURNS-Norwich-job-leaving-Dean-Smith-favourite.html Lampard turns us down, according to The Mail!

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11709/12466812/norwich-city-frank-lampard-and-dean-smith-leading-contenders-to-replace-daniel-farke-as-head-coach Latest from Sky Sports - a two horse race they say…

Michael Bailey says this is a definite “no” fortunately…