Thorup plots course to the Premier League

Johannes Hoff Thorup would love 100 extra training sessions to help his bid to get Norwich out of the Championship, which he says is less tactical than his old job in Denmark.

The 35-year-old replaced David Wagner at Carrow Road after working his way through the coaching ranks at Nordsjaelland.

The injury-hit Canaries were winless in six league games going into the international break and Thorup told BBC's Football Focus he would like to have more time to work with his players on implementing his style so if they were promoted they would stand a better chance of staying in the Premier League.

"I 100% appreciate and respect if it’s a little difficult for people to see (at present), hopefully it will be a lot clearer in six, eight or 10 months' time," he said.

"We try to create a foundation where the players are young, so we can build them up in the way we want to play, so when we go up, hopefully in a couple of years, we can compete in another way than only buying players.

"If you go that direction you will always lose the fight. There will always be clubs with better finances than us. We have to create something a bit different."

Thorup added he thought the Championship was "crazy".

"If you gave me 100 training sessions without any games in between I would take them on the spot, because that’s what we need," he said.

"We have to build something while we also have to perform on a weekly basis, which is difficult. We have to find the right balance. It will take time."

Thorup spoke to fellow Dane Thomas Frank, manager of Brentford, before moving to the UK.

"We tried to get all the information possible but also the culture," he said.

"It’s not that different from Denmark, there are many similarities but of course there are differences, the league is completely different."