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Flown From The Nest traditionally covers those former Norwich
City players who have departed for pastures new. This page will
cover those players that the tabloid press speculate will be joining
Norwich City or that the Canaries have an interest in signing.
How many will come true ?
26th June 2002
Wolves' out-of-contract Welsh midfielder Carl Robinson
is linked with the Canaries
22nd May 2002
Norwich are linked by Teamtalk
with Northern Irish international midfielder Danny
Sonner who had just been released by Premiership-bound Birmingham
City. Sonner knows East Anglia from his time at Ipswich.
19th May 2002
The Sunday People claim that Norwich and Burnley are competing
for the signature of Darlington left-back Paul
Hecklinbottom who is out of contract. He would act as understudy
to Adam Drury. Rumours linking the Canaries with Scunthorpe's
Andy Dawson also resurfaced.
5th May 2002
The Sunday Mirror reports that Norwich
would make a £2.5million swoop for Charlton's Mark Kinsella
if they were promoted to the Premierhsip. Kinsella was included
in the Republic of Ireland's World Cup squad two days later after
this story broke.
25th April 2002
Teamtalk link Norwich with Hibernians'
German centre-back Matthias Jack, formerly of Fortuna Dusseldorf,
and with Crewe midfielder Kevin Street
12th April 2002
Speculation links Bradford's unwanted
midfielder Gareth Whalley with a move to Norwich, even
though his former club Crewe and Millwall are also interested
7th April 2002
The Sunday People reports that Norwich
are looking to sign Bolton's Nicky Southall
4th April 2002
The
Football Transfers website links Norwich (along with Portsmouth,
Bradford, Birmingham and Leicester) with Millwall midfielder Marc
Bircham who will be available on a Bosman Free Transfer in
the summer of 2002
26th March 2002
The Football Transfers website reported that Brentford's Icelandic keeper Ole Gottskalksson was interesting both Norwich and Barnsley,
13th December 2001
Teamtalk claimed that once
Bury keeper Paddy Kenny had recovered from injury, he would
be sold to Norwich. Similar rumours circulated last
year
9th December 2001
The Non-League Paper claims that both Norwich and Hull
are watching Boston's highly rated striker Daryl Clare,
who joined Boston from Grimsby in the summer.
The Sunday People claim that Tranmere
winger Andy Parkinson is to join the Canaries for £500,000
this week.
7th December 2001
East Stirling defender Brown Ferguson is said to be heading
to Carrow Road on trial
1st December 2001
Norwich manager Nigel Worthington admits he has watched Scunthorpe
left back Andy Dawson with respect to signing him as possible
cover for Adam Drury. This speculation arose egularly throughout
the remainder of the season.
25th November 2001
The Sunday media linked Manchester City's Scottish striker Paul
Dickov with a move to Carrow Road. Allegedly Worthington had
been closely watching Dickov despite his injury problems.
November 2001
Teamtalk speculated
that Aston Villa's French ace David Ginola was coming to
Carrow Road on loan as he was out of favour at Villa Park.
1st October 2001
Following the injury to Zema Abbey that will rule him out of the
rest of the 2001/02 season, Norwich were linked with a £750,000
move for Blackpool striker Brett Ormerod who was scoring
regularly for the Division Two side.
7th September 2001
Norwich have been linked wth a trio of French players - possibly
the Canaries are to follow the trend established at Arsenal, Liverpool
and Fulham. Nicolas Bonnel, a defensive midfielder, was
the first to be linked - currently with Monaco, Norwich are said
to be competing with Charlton and Southampton for his signature.Elie
Kroupi is an Ivory Coast international striker currently with
French side Lorient. He is training at present with Southampton.
The third Gallic link is Wagneau Eloi - also of Monaco
and also a striker
