Vatan Ozcan

Left Back - Norwich City
16 Oct 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Vatan Ozcan

59 Edition

The Norwich City Chronicle

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

José Córdoba attracts admirers

The name of José Córdoba has come up in conversations Norwich City were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Words at Norwich City training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Levi Colwill is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad

Mathias Kvistgaarden signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mathias Kvistgaarden and Norwich City agree another 5 years.

Player ratings

Jovon Makama was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 20. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Match

Morgan Gibbs-White sends Norwich City past Bolton Wanderers

It finished 1‑0, and it was Morgan Gibbs-White’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Norwich City.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of José Córdoba

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings

Morgan Gibbs-White stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.87 on the card, and the Norwich City support went home talking about one name.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Sérgio Queiroz kept it short after the 1‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

Squad

Morgan Gibbs-White scores his first for Norwich City

The one goal every signing is asked about until it comes. It has come, and a press-conference question has been retired.

In brief