NORWICH plan talks with David Wagner about becoming their new manager.
The Canaries have a shortlist of candidates and German Wagner has a strong chance through his links with sporting director Stuart Webber.
The pair worked together at Huddersfield, where Wagner — who was most recently at Swiss outfit Young Boys — did well.
Wagner also has a proven record in the Championship, notably taking the Terriers into the Prem for the first time through the play-offs in 2016-17.
He then kept Huddersfield in the top-flight the following season.
Since leaving England, he’s also managed Schalke 04, but he was sacked following an 18-match winless run.
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Swansea’s Russell Martin — a Norwich old boy — has his fans at Carrow Road.
But his compensation fee could rule him out of replacing the axed Dean Smith.
Smith was sacked following Monday’s 2-1 defeat at Luton, which left the club fifth in the Championship.
They’ve since dropped out of the play-offs entirely after they were only able to draw with Reading on Wednesday.
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The ex-Aston Villa had been in charge for less than 14 months, but was unable to keep the club in the Prem.
And their hopes of securing automatic promotion already appear out of reach with Burnley and Sheffield United comfortably ahead at the top.
Webber said: “This was a tough decision, but one that we felt was necessary to give ourselves the best possible chance of achieving our objective of promotion to the Premier League this season.
“We would like to place on record our thanks to Dean, Craig and Liam, who have always put the best interests of the football club first.
“With just under half of the season remaining and three consecutive home games on the horizon we now have a real opportunity to build some forward and positive momentum, both on and off the pitch.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
