Mark Attanasio: Norwich City shareholders back Milwaukee Brewers owner buy-in

Norwich City shareholders have given their approval for Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio to join the board.

The 64-year-old, who has owned the Major League Baseball side since 2004, is looking to buy Michael Foulger's 15.9% stake in the Championship club.

And he will now become a director of Norwich, subject to English Football League approval.

Majority shareholders Delia Smith and Michael Wynn-Jones both attended Monday's meeting at Carrow Road.

Attanasio attended Norwich's final game of last season - a 5-0 defeat by Tottenham - after relegation from the Premier League had already been confirmed.

He is also a part-owner of American Hockey League side Milwaukee Admirals.

Andy Polley, of Norwich supporters group the Canaries Trust, told BBC Radio Norfolk: "It's a massive change. I see it as part of a fresh evolution of the club.

"The strengths of our club and its ethos, which Delia and Michael have nurtured for so long, have got a very good chance of being continued and grown with this new investment and new personality on the board."

He added: "Any board of any company needs reasonable change, an injection of fresh ideas. I think it's very healthy for any business.

"I think fans should be generally happy and reasonably confident that this is allowing a better future for the club.

"They (Delia and Michael) have been looking for a long time for the right sort of person or people to invite, so that gives me quite a lot of confidence that this is going to be a good fit."

Norwich are next in action on Wednesday, with a home game against Bristol City.

Mark Attanasio was born in New York and co-founded an investment company in 1991