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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 July 2006
Norwich make a bid, said to be £600,000 for Man City midfielder Lee Croft

17th July 2006
Norwich manager Nigel Worthington is reported to have approached Arsenal coach Pat Rice about bringing Justin Hoyte on loan to Carrow Road

7th July 2006
Sky Sports report that Norwich are watching Crewe defender Jon Ostembor

6th July 2006
Nigel Worthington dismisses speculation linking Norwich with Port Vale midfielder Chris Birchall who impressed at the World Cup with Trinidad and Tobago

30th June 2006
Norwich make a £400,000 bid for Luton forward Steve Howard

28th June 2006
Nigel Worthington confirms that he has been watching former Man United right-sided midfielder Luke Chadwick who is currently playing for Stoke City

22nd June 2006
Norwich are reported to have made a £2million bid for Leeds forward Rob Hulse. This is later dismissed by Nigel Worthington

14th June 2006
Norwich and Leeds are linked with Celtic's 30 year-old former Wolves and Burnley defender Mo Camara

2nd June 2006
Nigel Worthington dismisses reports linking Norwich with Plymouth midfielder David Norris and Spurs defender Calum Davenport, stating that the club cannot afford them. He also dismissed links with Elliott Ward
Norwich have also been linked with Colchester's unsettled Neil Danns

30th May 2006
Norwich are linked with Bradford goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts as a replacement for Paul Gallacher if he leaves City or as cover for Robert Green following his pre-World Cup injury

29th May 2006
Football Rumours suggest that Norwich will receive £4.1million from Watford for Rob Earnshaw with the Hornets' 21 year old French striker Hameur Bouzazza heading to Carrow Road
Norwich are also linked with the Milligan brothers who play in Ireland for Cliftonville - one is a goalkeeper, the other a midfielder who has been linked with Glasgow Rangers and Crystal Palace.(According to the Pink Un website)

28th May 2006
Norwich are linked by the People with 21 year old West Ham defender Elliot Ward

25th May 2006
Norwich are linked with Bristol City skipper Steve Brooker who scored 16 goals in League One for the Ashton Gate side
Nigel Worthington dismissed rumours linking the Canaries with Republic of Ireland international defender Kenny Cunningham who has just been released by Birmingham City
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is supposedly going to loan midfielders Lassana Diarra and Nuno Morais to the Canaries
Norwich are also linked with Neil Kilkenny on a free from Birmingham, and Liam Lawrence for £1.5m from Sunderland

23rd May 2006
Nigel Worhtington admits to having made enquiries about West Ham's Irish defender Clive Clarke who signed for the Hammers from Stoke last summer

22nd May 2006
Latest players to have received speulation linking them with a switch to Carrow Road - Billy Sharp (Scunthorpe), James Hayter (Bournemouth) , Lenny Pidgeley (Chelsea), Kris Commons (Notts Forest?), Thomas Gaardsoe, Patrick Agyemang (Preston)

19th May 2006
This week Football Rumours and the Pnk Un message boards have linked Norwich with Clinton Cole (Chelsea), Steve Howard (Luton), David Thompson (ex-Liverpool, Blackburn and Wigan), Kenny Lunt (Crewe), Michael Proctor (Hartlepool - £800k), Paul Brooker (Oldham), Mads Andersen (Hvidore)

17th May 2006
Norwich are linked with Brian Kidd and Martin Hunter as their new first team coach. Kidd, who played for Manchester United, worked under Alex Ferguson as Assistant Manager and later managed Blackburn Rovers and assisted Sven Goran Eriksson with the England side until he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Hunter is currently the England Under-19 coach who has also coached at Bradford City and Stoke City.

12th May 2006
The following players have been linked with Norwich on either Football Rumours or the Pink Un message boards:
Linvoy Primus (Portsmouth), Richard Scimeca (West Brom), Carlos Edwards (Luton), Gifton Noel-Williams (Burnley), Duncan Ferguson (Everton), Teddy Sherringham (West Ham), Chris Sutton (Birmingham), Nicky Butt (Newcastle), Theo Walcott (on loan from Arsenal !!!), Neil Danns and Greg Halford (both Colchester), Giuseppe Rossi (Loan from Man United), Karl Svensson (IFK Gothenberg), Eddie Johnson (Dallas), Keigan Parker (Blackpool) -- and on the coaching front - Carlton Palmer, Andy Hessenthaler and Ian Crook

26th April 2006
Norwich are linked with QPR winger Lee Cook

16th April 2006
According to the News of the World Norwich have been watching Luton's Trinidad and Tobago wide man Carlos Edwards

19th March 2006
According to reports in the Sunday papers, Carlisle United striker Karl Hawley has been linked with a move to Carrow Road this summer.Other reports over the weekend, however, suggested that Norwich were among a host of clubs from the top two divisions to have sent scouts to Brunton Park to watch fromer Sunderland and Leeds forward Michael Bridges

12th March 2006
Norwich are linked again with Milton Keynes Dons midfielder Dean Lewington although this is later denied by Nigel Worthington

Norwich are linked with Plymouth midfielder David Norris

5th March 2006
The News of the World speculates that Norwich are watching St Johnstone's striker Jason Scotland

2nd February 2006
Teamtalk reports that Coca-Cola Championship sides Stoke and Norwich are tracking Hungarian international midfielder Zoltan Boor, according to the player's agent. The 27-year-old, who plays for Vestel Manisaspor in Turkey and was recently on trial at Leeds.

30th January 2006
The People speculates that Charlton's Finnish striker Jonatan Johansson is a target for Norwich, Wolves, Sunderland and Italian side Treviso

27th January 2006
Nigel Worthington admits to enquiring about West Brom's Welsh international Robert Earnshaw but found the asking price of £3million too high. City are continually linked with Cameron Jerome and Greg Halford.

26th January 2006
Norwich are linked with MK Dons forward Izale McLeod

23rd January 2006
According to the Eastern Daily Press, Norwich's primary target post-Ashton is Colchester's versatile Greg Halford

18th January 2006
According to the Football Rumours website, Norwich are to sign Port Vale's Chris Birchill in the summer after he impressed them by breaking into the Trinidad & Tobago national side then going to the World Cup. He is seen as a long term replaement for Damien Francis and is cheaper and more promising than Dean Marney.

17th January 2006
According to the Football Rumours website, Chelsea's Carlton Cole is to sign for Norwich for £3.5million

15th January 2006
The League Paper reports that according to Iwan Roberts, Norwich would splash out £4million on Cardiff's Cameron Jerome if Dean Ashton departs.

The People report that Norwich would swoop for Derby's England Under-21 international keeper Lee Camp if Robert Green moves on

8th January 2006
The People and The League Paper link Norwich with Coventry's Gary McSheffrey. (The People also link Norwich with a move for Tottenham's Calum Davenport)

6th January 2006
Norwich are linked with Sunderland's Scottish international Andy Gray (£500,000) and Cardif's Cameron Jerome (valued at £1.5million) whom Nigel Worthington admits enquiring after. Jerome is also targetted by Sheffield United and Sunderland

3rd January 2006
According to the Football Rumours website, Norwich are linked with Greg Halford (Colchester), Jason Koumas (WBA), Freddie Eastwood (Southend), Franny Jeffers (Charlton), Kenny Lunt (Crewe - £500k), John Halls (Stoke - £500k) and Richie Chaplow (Burnley - £500k)

Norwich are linked in The People with a move for MK Dons midfielder Dean Lewington

1st January 2006
Charlton's former Everton and Arsenal striker Francis Jeffers is linked with Norwich and Southampton

29th December 2005
Along with Blackburn Rovers, Norwich are linked with Celtic striker and former Canary favourite Chris Sutton

27th December 2005
Nigel Worthington dismisses internet rumours linking Norwich with Manchester City's former England international forward Robbie Fowler. Worthington hints that Folwer no longer has the desire or hunger for the game.

18th December 2005
The People claim that Norwich are one of a number of clubs hoping to bring Tottenham's Mark Yeates in on loan
Norwich are again linked with Mansfield's Giles Coke

November 2005
Norwich watched Chippenham’s forward James Constable as did Bristol Rovers, Swansea, Swindon, Cardiff, Reading and Walsall who later signed him.

30th October 2005
Media reports link Portsmouth's Linvoy Primus with a loan move to either Norwich or Plymouth.
Norwich manager Nigel Worthington expresses his interest in Southend's Freddie Eastwood and Swansea's Lee Trundle

23rd October 2005
The People report that Norwich are preparing a loan move, followed by a permanent transfer, for Sunderland's Welsh midfielder Carl Robinson

16th October 2005
The News of the World claims that Norwich, along with Sheffield United and Watford, have been watching Mansfield midfielder Giles Coke.

9th October 2005
The People speculate that Norwich will make a move for Luton midfielder Kevin Nicholls in the January transfer window

2nd October 2005
The People report that Norwich will make a move for Swansea striker Lee Trundle in the January transfer window

25th September 2005
According to The People, Norwich are to make a third raid on Spurs to bring midfielder Pedro Mendes to Carrow Road

11th September 2005
The News of the World reports that Norwich and Ipswich are both keen to sign 20 year old Charlton defender Osei Sankofa on loan. Osei is an England Under-19 international
The People report that Norwich are seeking to sign Leeds defender Matthew Kilgallon on loan wih view to an eventual permanent deal. Nigel Worthington is looking for a centre-half and is also linked with Fulham's Ian Pearce and Wigan's Emerson Thorne.
The People also linked Norwich and Derby with Portsmouth's former Juventus striker Vincent Pericard

1st September 2005
It is revealled that Norwich approached Charlton out loaning former £8m Everton and Arsenal striker Francis Jeffers but the player opts to go on loan to Rangers instead

31st August 2005
Norwich make transfer deadline day swoop for Fulham's Ian Pearce but the player refuses to move from London

21st August 2005
Norwich are linked by Sky Sports with Walsall striker Matty Fryatt

18th August 2005
Norwich have a £2million bid accepted for Birmingham City's Irish international striker Clinton Morrison. However Southampton and his former club Crystal Palace both later submit equivalent offers and Morrison signed for Palace

15th August 2005
Norwich are linked with a £300,000 swoop for Wigan defender David Wright who previously played with Crewe. This is later dismissed by Nigel Worthington

14th August 2005
Norwich and Luton are linked by the News of the World with a 6month loan deal for Tottenham's young England Under-20 international right-back Philip Ifill

20th July 2005
As Norwich have an offer accepted by Reading for Andy Hughes, Nigel Worthington admits his interest in Tottenham's Dean Marney. "Dean Marney is a player I admire greatly. I have spoken to Martin Jol at Spurs about the situation. The boy is currently part of their group out in Korea and Spurs will assess his situation when they come back. Then, and only then, will we find out if we can bring the player in on loan. We'll just have to see how that one develops. He is a very good young player, a neat and tidy footballer with a good work ethic which is important for anyone coming in to the team. He can play on the right of midfield, where he loves to run at people, and he can also play in the centre. It's nice to have one or two players in the group who have got a little bit of versatility about them. As I said I'd love to bring him here but at the moment I've just got to be patient and wait until Spurs come back from the Far East."
Norwich are also linked with PSV stopper Jurgen Colin who last summer was linked wth Everton

13th July 2005
Norwich are interested in Esbjerg's player Hasse Berglund according to the Swedish press

6th July 2005
Norwich are linked with Reading's versatile Andy Hughes who would cost around £200,000

26th June 2005
Norwich, West Brom, Blackburn and West Ham are all interested in Brentford defender Sam Sodje according to the News of the World. The same paper correctly anticipates a swap between Gary Holt and Notts Forest's Matthieu Louis-Jean

20th June 2005
Norwich are named as one of three clubs pursng Swindon striker Sam Parkin who eventually joins Ipswich

19th June 2005
According to the People, Norwich are preparing a £700,000 bid for Nottingham Forest's Kris Commons. The same paper reported that Mansfield centre-half Alex Baptiste was being viewed by Nigel Worthington as extra defensive cover although he was linked with Sheffield United in the People on the same day.

Norwich, Coventry and Leeds are linked with former Liverpool winger Ritchie Partridge

12th June 2005
The News of the World reports that Norwich are having talks with Wigan midfielder Jason Jarrett available on a Bosman free transfer. Jarrett has also played for Wrexham and Bury.
Norwich have also been linked with Preston's Dickson Etuhu

1st June 2005
Reports from the Scottish media suggests that Belgian defender Joos Valgaeren will be offered a contract by the Canaries following his release from Celtic

31st May 2005
Norwich manager Nigel Worthington admits that he was interested in bringing Tranmere's Ryan Taylor to Carrow Road but lost out when Everton expressed an interest

Millwall defender Darren Ward opts to stay in London with Crystal Palace rather than switch to Norwich

Norwich, Ipswich, Burnley and Derby are all linked with Stoke's out-of-contract defender Wayne Thomas who eventually joins Burnley