The Norwich City Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Norwich City bid $12.3M for Ephron Mason-Clark
The offer went to Coventry City this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Hwang Hee-Chan
Norwich City asked and Wolverhampton said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Liam Gibbs turns Swindon Town down
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ruairi McConville moves on
West Ham United pay $6.1M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Cristhian Mosquera rejects the move
Norwich City had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Arsenal, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Pelle Mattsson signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Pelle Mattsson commits to Norwich City for another 4 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
Anis Ben Slimane attracts admirers
The name of Anis Ben Slimane has come up in conversations Norwich City were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mathias Kvistgaarden in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Norwich City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Norwich City ask about Richarlison
A loan enquiry to Tottenham: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- The dugout Pelle Mattsson knocks on the manager's door
- Looking ahead George Long faces his old club
- Squad Darlin Yongwa still has not settled