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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 August 2025
The Irish Mirror report that Norwich and Celtic are competing for the signing of Dundalk's teenage central defender Vinnie Leonard.

28th July 2025
The Pink Un report that 24 yea old Brighton forward Abdallah Sima is on Norwich City's list of potential targets as they weigh up further attacking reinforcements this summer. Sima, who has nine caps for the Senegalese national team, spent last season in France with Brest. He's also been loaned to Stoke, Angers and Rangers by the Seagulls. He scored seven goals and claimed two assists as Brest finished a respectable ninth in Ligue 1, adding three strikes in the Champions League.

According to French publication L:'Equipe, Norwich are monitoring Lens winger Anass Zaroury with a view to a potential move. The 24-year-old only joined Lens from Burnley last summer, but the report states that he's open to another move and 'asking questions' about the role he'll play under new boss Pierre Sage, with Norwich, Coventry, Panathinaikos and Espanyol alive to his potential purchase as a result. .Zaroury played under City head coach Liam Manning at SK Lommel in the 2020-21 season hitting form to earn a switch to Charleroi. From there he moved to Burnley, helping them to a Championship title in 2023 before spending four months on loan in the second division with Hull. He cost Lens around £4.5million, signing a four-year deal that still has three years left to run.

23rd July 2025
The Pink Un reports that Norwich City are targeting 17 year old Arsenal youngster Dan Casey as they continue to search for development squad reinforcements.  Casey is attracting interest from elsewhere, but City are hoping to strike a deal to sign the highly rated attacker, who can play in midfield, out wide or as a striker. He netted 18 times for Arsenal's U18s last season and has made three appearances for their U21s. 

17th July 2025
Reports from Turkey suggest Norwich have made a bid for Besiktas central defender Tayyip Talha for 8 million Euros

15th July 2025
Portuguese media outlet O Jogo reported that Norwich were keen on Famalicao's Serbian international midfielder Mirko Topic.

14th July 2025
Sky Sports report that Norwich are interested in Celtic's South Korean winger Hyunjun Yang who wants to leave the Scottish club. He would be a replacement for Borja Sainz.

12th July 2025
Reports surface that Norwich were interested in former West Ham left-back Aaron Cresswell as cover for injured left-backs Lucien Mahovo and Ben Chrisene. Cresswell instead signed for Stoke.
Another option supposedly considered by the Canaries is Southampton's Charlie Taylor.
EFL Analysis also suggest Norwich should look at Reading's 17 year old full back Andre Garcia.

Sky Sports and the Sheffield Star link Norwich with an interest in Sheffield Wednesday forward Josh Windass with the 31 year old due to be available on a free transfer as Wednesday are unable to pay the players' wages.

11th July 2025
Sky Sports report that Norwich are attempting to hijack Watford's £4.3million deal for Metz's Senegalese winger Pape Diallo. Norwich are aware that a proposed £4.3m move to Vicarage Road is very well progressed, and a medical was even completed in France. However, nonetheless, they are exploring the possibility of snatching Diallo away from the Hornets’ grasp. Diallo is only under contract for another year, but appears set to demand a decent fee nonetheless.

5th July 2025
Reports from Danish publication Tippsbladet suggest that Norwich and Brondby have agreed terms on a deal that will see attacker Mathias Kvistgaarden move to Carrow Road.  They claim the 23-year-old will travel to England on Sunday evening ahead of undergoing a medical and finalising a permanent move to Carrow Road. City look to have won the race to sign the highly-rated attacker ahead of a host of other European clubs, including French duo Rennes and Lens, and Bundesliga outfits RB Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt. Celtic were also long-term admirers of the Danish international. The forward, who came through Brondby's academy, He netted 23 times in 38 matches in all competitions in 2024/25. He made his senior debut for Denmark in a June friendly against Northern Ireland

Danish outlet Bold reported that Norwich had an initial £1.75million inquiry for Silkeborg 22year old midfielder Pelle Mattsson knocked back. The right footer has been touted with Championship rivals Portsmouth, but Silkeborg are unwilling to offload him during the early part of the summer as they bid to qualify for the Uefa Conference League group stages.

4th July 2025
Teamtalk reported that Norwich were preparing to join the hunt for 24-year-old Czech international midfielder Lukas Cerv from Viktoria Plzen alongside other European clubs Anderlecht, Trabzonspor, and Gent.

Norwich, Portsmouth and Derby are linked with former Chelsea and Rangers midfielder John Swift