Norwich City chief executive David McNally has admitted that the club are looking for potential replacements in the dugout as Chris Hughton’s job continues to be questioned.
The Canaries are currently involved in an intense relegation scrap and sit just one point above the drop zone after picking up just six points in their last seven outings.
Despite spending big in the Summer and strengthening their squad massively, City haven’t performed as well as they would have imagined, and their major signing Ricky Van Wolfswinkel has been a major let down, scoring just once so far and that came in the first game of the season.
Due to the poor campaign and the recent run of results, McNally has confirmed that a new manager could be the solution to their current on-the-pitch issues.
‘It would be almost delinquent of the football club to not be aware of potential candidates, if for any reason your manager left,’ McNally said.
‘If results are not good enough, you have to be aware of who is out there to help. You look at the market and who might be right for Norwich City.
‘If we needed to make a change – and the average tenure of a Premier League manager is about a year and a half, which puts Chris in the top six or top eight longest serving right now – then if a change was necessary, it wouldn’t be a case of, who are the contenders? It would be a case of reviewing what is required, where are we going and who is best placed to take the club forward.
‘If we believe Chris is the right man to take the club forward, then we stick with that.
‘It is fine margins in our sport and what you have to be sure of is a guaranteed improvement.’
Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt – @AlexsArticles
