Norwich City ‘chasing’ £6m deal for Teemu Pukki’s next signing

Norwich Metropolis abruptly got here alive within the Championship underneath the brand new administration of Philippe Clement.

Underneath supervisor Liam Manning, the Canaries had received simply three video games at Carrow Highway and seemed destined to drop to League One.

The Norfolk facet, now coached by the reworking Belgian, are hoping to make it into the play-offs within the last phases of the season after a shocking 2-1 victory over league leaders Coventry Metropolis final day trip.

It was his seventh win in simply 14 video games accountable for the yellow-green giants, and there was nonetheless time for the Norwich facet to make some late reinforcements in January.

Norwich stay in race for £6m star

Clement and his firm have already been very busy this month, with three new prospects coming by means of the door.

Ali Ahmed, Harry Amas and Paris Maghoma have all moved to Norfolk to make Norwich their dwelling, with the previous Brentford attacking midfielder hailing the Canaries as a “big” membership on his arrival.

Nevertheless, on the subject of reinforcements, the revitalized second-tier facet should not performed right here, with Norwich nonetheless eager so as to add to their striker, with star attacker Josh Sargent trying to pressure a transfer to Toronto FC.

Norwich’s most popular goal if Sargent leaves is more likely to be Bodø/Glimt star Kasper Ho, with journalist Pete O’Rourke reporting that Clement’s males are nonetheless “pursuing” the high-profile Dane, who grabbed the headlines along with his brace towards Manchester Metropolis within the Champions League.

O’Rourke additionally revealed that Celtic are additionally within the race to signal the high-profile attacker, with Ho’s worth estimated at round £6m.

Why Hogg could possibly be Norwich’s subsequent Pukki

Norwich will probably be hoping to achieve some form of benefit over Martin O’Neill’s facet on this switch battle, and Ho may change into the membership’s second Teemu Pukki if a dramatic late transfer goes by means of.

The phrase ‘legend’ is commonly overused in soccer, however at Norwich Pukki was the very definition of it.

With the Canaries frequently transferring forwards and backwards between the Premier League and the Championship, Pukki persistently produced memorable objectives all through his 210 video games for the membership, ending with a powerful document of 88 objectives in 210 appearances earlier than transferring to Minnesota United in 2024.

Since then, Sargent has taken over the function of purpose machine comparatively efficiently, with the hopeful American presently scoring 56 objectives at Carrow Highway.

However as he approaches a dominant away step, Norwich could possibly be on the verge of buying one other highly effective Scandinavian gem, very like the Finnish attacker, by going all in on Ho earlier than the window slams shut.

Hooch will go some strategy to matching Pukki’s unbelievable performances within the Championship – Wrexham supervisor Phil Parkinson as soon as described the 35-year-old veteran as “one of the best striker within the division” when he nonetheless referred to as Norwich dwelling – nevertheless it’s clear he is simply as clinically succesful underneath strain, as his shock brace towards Bod/Glimt and Pep Guardiola’s visiting facet proved.

A more in-depth take a look at his spectacular goalscoring exploits in Norway makes it even clearer that Ho is an “unbelievable” striker who, like former Bodo/Glimt teammate Ulrik Sartnes, may have a affluent profession in England like his beloved Pukki.

After terrorizing Metropolis all evening on the Aspmyla Stadion, the Landers-born risk has now made 82 appearances and has an astonishing 42 objectives and 12 assists to his title, second solely to his title in Ketil Knudsen’s facet, taking his whole tally to 113 objectives.

Earlier than Pukki launched into the subsequent chapter of his profession in England, he scored 72 objectives for the Swedish giants and was recognized to be a deadly risk in entrance of purpose for neighboring Brondby, though he was later overshadowed by his unbelievable spell at Norfolk.

Dropping their talismanic striker will probably be painful for the Eliteserien facet, however the painful lack of Bodø/Glimt could possibly be an enormous acquire for Norwich because the Canary Islands may faucet into the Scandinavian market and unearth one other goal-scoring beast.