Who is norwich manager

Former Chelsea boss Frank Lampard rejected the chance to manage the Canaries after holding talks earlier this week. Smith is now set to take the role just a week after being sacked by Aston Villa. Farke led Norwich to their first Premier League win of the season, a victory at Brentford on Saturday, but was swiftly told his services would no longer be required. Smith has been in New York this week visiting family but is set for a quick return to management.

The Athletic claims an announcement is set to be made shortly by Norwich. If Norwich were to go straight back down to the Championship, Smith could be the ideal man to get the club out of the second tier of English football. He had no desire to be a manager at the time but took a coaching course to get an idea of the challenges his colleagues would face.

He accepted the challenge, and the immediate results were so good that the dual role became a long-term one. Farke spent six years in charge of Lippstadt, leading them from the sixth tier to the fourth at a time when the club were also developing a new 4,capacity stadium. The season before, he had guided them into the top four, despite working under a transfer embargo.

He also had a spell with Derby in the Championship, where he lost in the play-off final to Aston Villa. He was credited for his good work in developing some of the younger players at the Rams, including Chelsea loanees Mason Mount and Fikayo Tomori, who he had at Pride Park. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player. Norwich sacked former boss Daniel Farke just hours after they recorded their first Premier League win of the season, away to Brentford on November 6.

The Canaries are bottom of the table after collecting just five points from their first 11 games since returning to the top flight. The outlook certainly appears gloomy with five points from two draws and one win in 11 games, but the Canaries still remain only five points deep in the relegation zone - a relatively small margin to overturn with 27 games left to play.

The primary concern is how their rock-bottom status in the division transfers across a raft of metrics on the pitch: goals, expected goals, chances created, passes in the final third and goals conceded - to list just a few. The underwhelming returns up top are a stark contrast to the team's free-scoring exploits during their title-winning promotion campaign in the Championship last term.