Norwich City’s pursuit of Rennes striker Bertug Yildirim is off. 

The Turkish international was set for a move to Carrow Road after the two clubs agreed a fee and a medical took place, but following the results of the examination, the plug has been pulled on the deal. 

Reports in Turkey on Thursday night claimed there was also a dispute between the clubs over a payment plan.

Yildirim will now return to Rennes and his move to Norfolk is considered dead. 

City have opted to pivot their search to different targets as they step up their pursuit of an attacking reinforcement after Adam Idah completed a permanent move to Celtic earlier this week. 

Norwich are believed to have already begun on new targets and the hope is a deal can move pretty quickly from this point, although that won’t happen in time for Saturday’s Championship clash against Blackburn Rovers at Carrow Road. 

Johannes Hoff Thorup confirmed at his pre-match press conference that City were considering a host of different options. 

“I don't think we still have decided 100pc yet where we go, because we have some options,” said Thorup, speaking at Colney on Thursday afternoon. “What we have to look at is, of course, is what's going out of the building and do we need an exact same type of player, or how should we shape the team?

"And there's some different options for us, and there's some different ways to go for us. So we have a lot of meetings, and we have a lot of scouting, and we are watching a lot of players at the moment, and we are definitely in the market.

"I don’t make too many promises but I'm very close to making a promise that I think we will bring in some offensive players before the window closes. I cannot promise you when. I don’t think it is realistic to do that (before Blackburn).”