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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 ?

31st May 2016
Nigerian international defender William Troost-Ekong is being linked with a summer move to Norwich City.The 22-year-old is currently on loan at Norwegian club Haugesund from Belgian top-flight club Gent. Troost-Ekong was born in the Netherlands but qualifies for Nigeria through his father and has so far been capped five times at full international level.Dutch football website Voetbal International claims Norwich and Brighton have enquired about Troost-Ekong, as well as Premier League clubs Swansea and Crystal Palace.

Various media sources claim that Norwich will compete with Newcastle and Aston Villa for Fulham striker Ross McCormack.

24th May 2016
Florian Fieschi, a football reporter for French newspaper Le Parisien, posted on Twitter earlier today that 29-year-old midfield battler Fabien Lemoine will leave Saint Etienne this summer and is considering offers from Norwich and boyhood club Rennes. Lemoine was a regular as Saint Etienne finished sixth in Ligue Un in 2015/16, making 39 appearances, including in the Europa League – with that campaign coming to an end in the last 32 against Basel. In total Lemoine has made 180 appearances, scoring five goals, since joining from Rennes in 2011

3rd May 2016
According to TransferMarketWeb, Norwich City are interested in signing Liverpool defender Connor Randall on loan for next season. The 20-year-old is thought to be attracting interest from both Norwich and Middlesbrough as he impressive up in Merseyside. Randall plays at right-back and has featured six times this season, twice in the Premier League.

18th April 2016
Norwich are said to be interested in Brighton defender Lewis Dunk

29th January 2016
Norwich are linked with Stoke City striker Mame Biram Diouf

28th January 2016
Sky Italia report Inter full-back Davide Santon is a possible defensive target for the Canaries. Santon spent four-years with Newcastle before a free transfer switch back to his homeland. The 25-year-old has made only nine appearances for the Nerazzurri.

The Daily Mail claim on Thursday afternoon Chelsea are considering the Canaries’ loan enquiry for Patrick Bamford

27th January 2016
Sky Sports transfer watch blog claimed on Wednesday the Canaries could be in the market for the 23-year-old Palermo midfielde Oscar Hiljemarkr, after reporting they have made an enquiry to the Serie A club for the former Swedish Under-21 international

25th January 2016
Italian football site, tuttomercatoweb.com, reported that Leicester City centre-back Yohan Benalouane. is in City’s sights and available for a short term move after being limited to just nine appearances for the high-flying Foxes this season since his switch from Serie A club Atalanta last summer.

15th January 2016
Media reports in Switzerland suggest Wolfsburg centre-back Timm Klose is closing on a £7.7million move to Norwich City. He is a Swiss international

13th January 2016
 The Croydon Advertiser report Norwich have made a fresh enquiry for Crystal Palace striker Dwight Gayle

Skysports’ reporter Lyall Thomas claims Norwich are monitoring Brentford’s highly-rated centre-back James Tarkowski. 

9th January 2016
Reports suggest Norwich are looking at Lens player Jean Philippe Gbamin

6th January 2016
Several reports claiming the Italian international Andrea Ranocchia had turned down a £7.3m the Canaries in favour of a move to Bologna. 

Other media outlets link Norwich with Dwight Gayle and Charlie Austin

4th January 2016
Speculation of a potential deal for Swedish Under-21 international Joseph Baffo was whipped up by reports of a flight landing at Norwich Airport from German town Braunschweig, where Baffo plays his club football for second tier Bundesliga side Eintracht Braunschweig.

3rd January 2016
The Sun on Sunday claim that Norwich, Swansea and Aston Villa are interested in Chelsea striker Loic Remy

29th December 2015
Norwich are reported to have agreed a deal in principle with Everton to sign Scottish forward Steven Naismith for £8million

Norwich are reported to be close to signing Dynamo Zagreb full-back Ivo Pinto for £2.21million

Norwich make bid for York youngster Ben Godfrey. The 17 year old midfielder has been impressive for York this season but has not signed professional terms and is listed as a scholar. That means that a fee is not required, although compensation will be, but this is likely to be fairly low. West Brom, Cardiff and Hull have all watched the lad but Norwich have made a quick move in an attempt to beat off other bidders.

24th December 2015
The Daily Mail link Norwich to Utrecht striker Sebastien Heller. The France Under-21 striker is said to be in talks with the Canaries about a January transfer worth around £7m. The 21-year-old has scored 10 goals in 13 top-flight games for the Dutch club so far this season, having scored 11 in 17 games after signing from Auxerre last season

The Daily Mirror link City with defender Georg Niedermeier. The Stuttgart defender is being watched closely by Crystal Palace, Sunderland and the Canaries, as his contract is due to expire next summer.

21st December 2015
The Sun claim City will go as high as £12m to finally lure Wolves striker Benik Afobe to Norfolk in the January transfer window.

16th December 2015
The Daily Mail claim the Canaries have held discussions with Italian side Sampdoria about a possible deal for Brazil-born Italy international striker Eder

The same newspaper claims City scouts were also in France to watch Ivory Coast centre-back Lamine Koné in action for Lorient, in a 3-0 defeat at Ligue Un mid-table rivals Lille

14th December 2015
Respected French football newspaper L’Equipe reported that the Canaries have made a £6.5million moved for French Under-21 international Sebastien Haller. who plays for FC Utrecht ahead of the January transfer window to head off interest in the 21-year-old from fellow Premier League strugglers Sunderland.

Haller has scored 10 goals in 15 Eredivisie top flight Dutch league games this season to help Utrecht into a comfortable mid-table position, who according to L’Equipe could be tempted to cash in on their prized asset, although the player is believed to be keen on a move to Dutch powerhouses Ajax.

3rd December 2015
The Washington Post report DC United keeper Bill Hamid may train with the Canaries during the MLS close-season. The 25-year-old US international previously had a trial with City’s Premier League rivals West Brom in 2011 and was also touted with a move to Celtic which reportedly fell through due to work permit issues. The 6ft 3in keeper has spent six seasons with DC United, who finished third in the Eastern Conference this season, behind the New York Red Bulls and Kei Kamara’s Columbus Crew, who contest the MLS Cup this weekend. The new MLS campaign begins early in 2016.

18th November 2015
Turin-based newspaper Tuttosport claimed on Wednesday the Canaries are still interested, after reportedly failing with a loan enquiry during the summer for the highly-rated 24-year-old Juventus striker Simone Zaza

10th November 2015
Norwich and Newcastle are linked with Sheffield Wednesday defender Tom Lees

1st September 2015
Transfer Deadline Day saw Norwich linked with:
Jonathan Walters from Stoke (Norwich allegedly made 2 bids)
Steven Naismith from Everton (rumoured to have bid £8million)
Dwight Gayle from Crystal Palace (fee was reportedly £8million)
Henri Lansbury from Notts Forest
Nedum Onuoha from QPR (he turned down a switch to Norwich)
Steve Cook from Bournemouth
Oscar Cardoza from Trabzonspor (agent fees were the problem)
Charlie Austin from QPR (at one time Norwich were the bookies' favourit to sign him)
Nicolos N'Koulou from Marseille (Alex Neil reportedly went to France to watch him play)
Alvaro Vazquez from Getafe

Late August 2015
Norwich made multiple bids for Wolves striker Benik Afobe
The Daily Express report City made a £8.8m bid for Kalidou Koulibaly from Napoli
Norwich allegedly make £2.2million bid for Danish centr-back Erik Sviatchenko from FC Midjtylland

13th August 2015
Norwich are linked with hijacking the move of Italian international striker Mattia Destro from Roma to Bologna. He has scored 25 goals in 57 appearances for Roma

5th August 2015
27 year old Colombian World Cup sttiker Juan Fernando Quintero is linked by tuttomercatoweb with a move from Porto to either Norwich or Italian side Chievo. Alex Neil later dismisses it

3rd August 2015
Speculation has it that Dynamo Kiev forward Dieumerci Mbonkani is on his way to Norwich

29th July 2015
Norwich are supposedly poised to hijack the transfer of French striker Gregoire Defrei from Cesena to Palermo, although Corriere Dello Sport also stated Sampdoria, Bologna and St Etienne were interested

21st July 2015
Norwich are linked with Liverpool forward Rickie Lambert who eventually joins West Brom.

12th July 2015
The Mirror suggest that Norwich are interested in Crystal Palace forward Dwight Gayle

10th July 2015
Celta Viga's 30 year old Argentinain striker Joaquim Larrivey was reported to be heading to Norwich to complete a £1.5m move.

Alex Neil confirms that Hull City's Robbie Brady is in his plans amidst reports that Norwich have made three bids between £2m and £3m, described by Hull manager Steve Bruce as embarassing.

7th July 2015
Turkish media link Norwich with a swoop for Galatasaray's international right back Sabri Sarioglu. He can play at right-back or right wing-back and has spent his whole career with Gala

Norwich are linked by The Metro with Swansea winger Nathan Dyer

6th July 2015
The Mirror report that Norwich are interested in defender Ryan Taylor released by Newcastle at the end of the 2014/15 season

4th July 2015
Norwich are linked with Ghana-born Swedish Under-21 international defender Joseph Baffo who had impressed in the European Under-21 championships. He plays for Halmdstad BK and is 22.

27th June 2015
According to Sky Sports News, Norwich have made an enquiry about Blackburn Rovers' Benin international forward Rudy Gestede who scored 22 goals in the 2014/15 season. He previously played for Cardiff.

Reports from belgian suggested Norwich had a £4m bid rejected for Congloese striker Dieumerci Mbonkani who playes for Dyname Kiev

South London Today claim that Norwich and Hull will comnpete for Charlton midfielder Jordan Cousins.

26th June 2015
Celtic's Dutch defender Virgil Van Dijk is linked with moves to either Norwich or Sunderland

25th June 2015
Swansea full-back Jazz Richards is linked with Norwich and Villa. He spent last season on loan to Fulham whom he eventually rejoins in July 2015

Hull forward Dame N'Doye tells his suitors (Crystal Palace, Norwich and Swansea) that he wis willing to drop his wage demands to £50,000 per week.

22nd June 2015
18 year old Rochdale striker James Hooper is linked with a Carrow Road switch by the Sunday People

The Daily Star Sunday link Norwich with Ipswich striker Darryl Murphy.

Norwich are linked with a loan move for Tottenham's USA international full-back DeAndre Yedlin

11th June 2015
Norwich City have targeted West Brom’s former midfielder Youssouf Mulumbu following his release from the Premier League club. The Sun reported that Mulumbu is poised to tie up a free transfer move to the Canaries rather than head to Scottish champions Celtic.

8th June 2015
Hull City's Irish wide player Robbie Brady is linked with a move to Norwich but the reported fee for the 23 year old would be £15million

Half of that would, reportedly, get City James McArthur, of Crystal Palace. The 27-year-old Scottish international has been at Palace for a year, after a £7m move from Wigan, but the link is strengthened by the fact that McArthur played under Alex Neil at Hamilton before joining Wigan in 2010.

The trio of links is made up by Aston Villa’s 25-year-old right back Matthew Lowton – who was actually one of former City boss Paul Lambert’s first signings at Villa, joining for £3m from Sheffield United in 2012.

5th June 2015
Norwich City have been linked with Manchester City’s out-of-contract striker John Guidetti. Guidetti spent the 2014/15 season on loan at Scottish Premier League champions Celtic, where he scored 15 goals in 35 appearances, but has made it clear he does not want the move to be made permanent. Everton and City’s fellow Premier League newcomers Watford have also been linked with Guidetti. Guidetti, who has just one appearance for Manchester City on his CV, has also had spells at Burnley, Feyenoord and Stoke City.

4th June 2015
The Daily Mail claim the Canaries are “considering” a move for 28-year-old Ful;ham striker and Scotland international Ross McCormack, who signed for the Cottagers for a shock reported fee of £11million last summer.

3rd June 2015
19-year-old Plymouth left-back Ben Purrington made just nine appearances for the League Two club last season – but that has not prevented HITC Sport from claiming City are interested in signing Purrington. The website claim that Norwich are one of several Championship and Premier League clubs monitoring the Exeter-born defender’s progress, who was nominated for the League Two Apprentice of the Year award.

2nd June 2015
Real Sociedad are prepared to loan out Icelandic striker Alfred Finnbogason in an effort to get him some more game time in a top European league, according to TalkSport. Real Sociedad paid €7.5m for the 26 year old striker last summer from Heerenveen in Holland. Finnbogason came to Spain with a bit of a burgeoning reputation, having scored 53 goals in 65 appearances in the previous two seasons in the Dutch top flight. Norwich are reported to be interested.

1st June 2015