The transfer sagas around Milot Rashica and Max Aarons will not derail Norwich City’s bid to get off to a positive Championship start.

Head coach David Wagner confirmed on Thursday the wantaway duo are not part of his plans for Hull City’s opening weekend visit after extended summer breaks.

Rashica continues to be tipped for a return to Galatasaray, while Russell Martin’s Southampton were the latest linked to Aarons with Saints full back Tino Livramento closing in on a Newcastle move.

“There are no issues with Milot. He's been absolutely professional,” insisted Wagner. “I had a couple of conversations with him about how I treat him, like I've done with Max.

"It was probably easier with Max, because we already have a relationship after these last six months. But both are doing the job really well. And as I said, we will see what the next three and a half, four weeks bring.

“For them it's pre-season, they have to catch up. Will they be in the matchday squad for Hull? No, of course not. There are now back in training for one and a half, two weeks. But are they our players?

"Yes, at the minute they are our players and we have to see how everything progresses. It's not my first pre-season, and not my first window, where I have a situation like this, where it's pretty clear what the player likes to do, where it's pretty clear what our preference is, as well.

“But nobody knows at the end of the day, if it will happen, what we expect will happen, and if not, we have to prepare for the alternative.

"And I'm more than happy because both are good players. Good guys. And if there are our players after the window closes I'm more than happy.”

Wagner did admit the distraction of a transfer window open for the rest of August is not ideal.

“I would love that the window closes before matchday one. But this is not the case. So I'm not in dreamland. What I can't change I don't have to think about or speculate about,” he said. “I don't waste my energy on this. To be fair, I know that these questions will come through. And I will answer them as honestly as I can.

“What I can say is at other clubs I had much more complicated situations, when it's uncertain what will happen, much more difficult to deal with.

"This is not the case in this dressing room. And this is great. And this makes me so confident that we will not have any problems with the transfer window moving forward for these final next three weeks.”