The Norwich City Chronicle
Market17 Aug 2026
Norwich City say no — this time
The offer from Mansfield Town for Matěj Jurásek was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market17 Aug 2026
The Northampton Town deal is off
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Amankwah Forson reports back to Norwich City with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Norwich City
Pelle Mattsson was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
3 academy players handed senior numbers at Norwich City
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Anthony Musaba
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Pelle Mattsson
“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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Alexander White steps up from the Norwich City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alexander White has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Norwich City promote Mark Pearson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mark Pearson has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Gabe Forsyth signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Gabe Forsyth and Norwich City agree another 4 years.
In brief
- Squad Norwich City pick somebody else ahead of Kenny McLean
- Match Jovon Makama rescues a point for Norwich City
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Norwich City