Norwich City transfer news: Rowe, Kamara, Crnac assessed

Paddy Davitt and Connor Southwell joined forces to discuss all of the latest developments, including Jonathan Rowe's impending departure, Ante Crnac's impending arrival and Abu Kamara's transfer request.

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Abu Kamara

PD: Obviously he hasn't been a frontline option at the start of the season. He was kind of used sparingly in pre-season, which in itself was a signal that maybe Thorup still needed to find the right pathway in the here and now.

In the first two Championship games he came off the bench. Without speaking for Abu Kamara and his advisers, they're clearly frustrated that the game time hasn't come.

He's been one of the main men at Portsmouth and he's now, they maybe feel, set for a bit-part role. The frustration, it would seem, is that there isn't any common ground. The club and Thorup and him haven't sat around the table and just put a plan in place, as they seemingly are with Ken Aboh, Gabriel Forsyth and Brad Hills.

CS: We've had long debates about Jon Rowe and the tactics that he and his camp deployed prior to the first game of the season. I couldn't understand that from a strategic perspective at the time.

But I kind of get where Kamara's coming from, for the reasons that you've mapped out. I think there's been a feeling for a long period of time that he feels he needs to go elsewhere, and that maybe the fit isn't quite right.

Things haven't panned out in the way that he or his representatives would have liked. I can understand it, when you're seeing Gabriel Forsyth start ahead of you after a step forward against Stevenage.

But it would be disappointing for Norwich to lose a player at this stage of his development because, although he looked raw in pre-season, there's clearly a real talent in there.

Abu Kamara has submitted a transfer request (Image: Martyn Haworth/Focus Images Ltd)

Ante Crnac

PD: At 20 years of age he looks a very exciting player. He only moved to Poland from Croatia last September, so he's effectively had just under a full season. He went for around €1million, and in the intervening period his value has skyrocketed.

There were clubs in Germany interested, Werder Bremen have reportedly put a bid down as well. Maybe that's why Norwich have had to go to the levels they have to secure this guy, because it would seem he's quite a hot property.

At 20, with the right coach and the right environment he could be anything. You've got to be excited by the potential of Ante Crnac in a Norwich shirt, I think.

CS: It is interesting, because you look at Bertug Yildirim, who was pretty close to becoming a City player last week. He was a striker who could also play out wide, and I've seen a lot of conversation about this.

Predominantly Crnac has played as a striker, but he's played on the left wing, the right wing, and as an attacking midfielder as well. It chimes with what we've been reporting for weeks really, which is that Norwich City would like players with a little bit of versatility.

This is somebody who clearly has that, and when there is Josh Sargent in the building it's useful to have a player who can play in different areas. That will then help his development in terms of game time.

Jonathan Rowe

PD: The sense from inside the club is that they will be back in the market for a winger, but they're also looking at an 'eight' as well. It feels like they need to do a couple more bits of business, and given the markets they've looked in, I think it's safe to say they might be pivoting towards Europe again.

They've been adept at scenario planning for the 'what ifs' this summer, so it's not going to be a case of Rowe going and then it's 'what do we do now?' There will be plenty of wingers there recruitment team are drilling into right now.