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Gossip from the Media linking players with moves to Carrow Road

Season 2010-11

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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 ?

21st June 2011
Huddersfield Town boss Lee Clark has dismissed reports of a £1.75m bid from Norwich City for winger Anthony Pilkington. The Canaries declined to comment on national newspaper reports that they had made a big offer for the 23-year-old forward, who scored 14 times for the Terriers last season.

Dodgy Rumours links Norwich with David Bentley, Shane Long (Reading), Dale Stephens (Oldham), Owen Hargreaves, Christophe Berra and Ben Turner (Coventry)

20th June 2011
Supposedly reports in the Polish media link Norwich with Polish internationals Ireneusz Jelen from AJ Auxerre and Robert Lewandowski from Borussia Dortmund

18th June 2011
Danny Wilson is hopeful promising striker Jordan Slew will stay at Sheffield United despite interest from Fulham, West Brom and Norwich.

14th June 2011
Reports on TalkSport link Norwich with Luis Boa Morte

Spurs claim Norwich are vying with Swansea to sign young defender Steven Caulker on loan

13th June 2011
the Sun reports that Norwich are keen on Swiss defender Steve von Bergen, who has 20 caps. He has been made available for £1.5million by Serie A club Cesena but they face competition from Genoa and Lazio.

7th June 2011
Reports claim that Norwich have beaten West Brom to the signing of Leeds midfielder Bradley Johnson available on a free

2nd June 2011
Norwich are given permission to speak to Millwall and Wales striker Steve Morison after City's fourth bid is accepted by the Lions

1st June 2011
Norwich are one of four clubs (Wigan, Everton and QPR) linked to Peterborough striker Craig Mackail-Smith

27th May 2011
Hull midfielder Jimmy Bullard is linked with a move to Carrow Road

26th May 2011
Norwich, Wigan and Notts Forest are reported by Sky Sports to be interested in Millwall midfielder Liam Trotter

25th May 2011
Norwich are linked to Leeds duo Robert Snodgrass and Bradley Johnson. The Sun said on 24th May that City and Sunderland will go ‘head-to-head’ for midfielder Johnson whilsta number of clubs are watching Snodgrass who played alongside Lambert at Motherwell.

Dodgy Rumours links Norwich with Marlon King, Matthew Kilgallon, Glenn Whelan, Aron Gunnarsson, Matt Gilks, Rob Green, Matthew Upson, Liam Ridgewell,

23rd May 2011
Sky Sports News links Norwich with a move for German international Miroslav Klose

Norwich are also linked with Manchester United youngster Ritchie De Laet

13th May 2011
The Sun report that Norwich are keen on Bolton's Israeli midfielder Tamir Cohen

12th May 2011
Norwich are said to be one of three clubs interested in Dagenham midfielder Danny Green

3rd May 2011
Following Norwich's promotion, the Daily Mail report that Norwich will be giving a trial to former Arsenal and Tottenham midfielder Rohan Ricketts

29th April 2011
Norwich are linked by the Daily Mail with a £2million move for Millwall's Welsh international striker Steve Morrison

23rd March 2011
Norwich are linked with a loan move for Coventry striker Clive Platt who played under Paul Lambert at Colchester

16th March 2011
Norwich make bid for Peterborough striker Craig Mackail-Smith but withdrew from the chase when Peterborough asked for £3m for the leading scorer in League One.

19th February 2011
Blackpool's Welsh International Defender Rob Edwards is linked by The Mirror to a loan move to Carrow Road to cover the injury sustained by Leon Barnett

19th January 2011
SkySports report that Norwich and Notts Forest have had bids rejected for Millwall striker Steve Morrison

17th January 2011
Brighton confirm that they have rejected a bid from Norwich for winger Elliott Bennett

14th January 2011
SkySports report that Cardiff and Norwich are interested in signing Portsmouth midfielder Michael Brown

13th January 2011
Norwich are linked with Coventry midfielder Carl Baker

27th December 2010
From the East Anglian Daily Times: "Former Ipswich Town striker Jordan Rhodes could soon be scoring the goals that could send arch rivals Norwich City towards the Premier League. The promotion-seeking Championship Canaries have the free-scoring Huddersfield player top of their shopping list should they sell Grant Holt when the transfer window opens next month"

Norwich are also linked with a loan move for Manchester United's Michael Owen to give him "game time" whilst Rangers' Kyle Lafferty is also said to be on Paul Lambert's radar.

24th December 2010
Cambridge United deny that Norwich have made enquiries about their 21-year-old defender Josh Caulson

22nd December 2010
With Grant Holt posibly moving to the Premiership, Norwich are linked with Swindon's Charlie Austin, Carlisle's Gary Madine and Millwall's Steve Morrison as replacements

14th December 2010
Burnley's Canadian international David Edgar is believed to be a candidate to provide cover at right-back

Rangers' James Beattie (ex-Blackburn, Southampton, Everton, Sheffield United and Stoke City) is also linked

10th December 2010
Norwich are linked with Dundee striker Leigh Griffths

16th November 2010
Norwich City suggest reports linking Falkirk playmaker Ryan Flynn are wide of the mark. Norwich and Swansea are reported to be preparing £250,000 bids for former Liverpool trainee Flynn in the January transfer-window

6th September 2010
Norwich, Blackburn, Crystal Palace and Hull are linked with Millwall's Welsh international striker Steve Morrison

1st September 2010
Norwich are linked with Manchester City's young Belgian defender Dedryck Boyata along with City's Championship rivals Leeds and newly promoted Newcastle

30th July 2010
Norwich City been linked with an audacious move for Greece's European Championship-winning striker Angelos Charisteas. Germany newspaper Bild claimed the 30-year-old Nuremberg frontman has been offered a trial with the Canaries after falling out of favour with his Bundesliga club.
Charisteas was part of his country's World Cup squad in South Africa but only featured in one pool game at the global tournament. The striker shot to fame with Greece's winner against hosts Portugal to lift the 2004 European Championship title.
Charisteas has played for top continental clubs Ajax, Feyenoord and Werder Bremen before moving to Nuremberg in 2007.

19th July 2010
Coventry City defender Martin Cranie is linked with a possible move to Norwich City

3rd July 2010
Reports suggest Norwich will swoop for Everton goalkeeper John Ruddy

2nd July 2010
Norwich are linked by Sky Sports with Stockport's keeper Owain Fon Williams

19th June 2010
Reports in The Pink Un suggest Gillingham's striker Simeon Jackson is a £500,000 target for City

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