Thorup on a busy week of ins and outs and Sheffield Utd away
Johannes Hoff Thorup replaced David Wagner as head coach at Norwich for the start of this season
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Norwich City boss Johannes Hoff Thorup has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Championship game against Sheffield United (kick-off 15:00 GMT).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
On the arrival of Slavia Prague winger Matěj Jurásek: "He can dribble, move, he's technically a great player and we wanted to get him before any other club did. Bigger clubs than us were starting to pay attention to him, so we got the deal done."
On the departure of club captain Grant Hanley to Birmingham: "He's been a great part of the club. Everything has to come to an end sometime and we wish him well on his new adventure."
Midfielder Marcelino Nunez had a scan on his hamstring this week and will be out "for about three weeks, depending how aggressive we want to be with bringing him back sooner - but the scan was ok."
Kaide Gordon returned to Liverpool this week, cutting his loan short with Thorup saying: "I rate him as a good player with a big potential. If he was a player on a long contract I would be prepared to work with him longer. We didn't really get the performances from day one, so it's a fine balance. He was a pleasure to work with and I wish him all the best."
Callum Doyle is fit, he was taken off at half-time in the FA Cup defeat to Brighton last weekend. Amankwa Forson will not be part of the squad because of a knee problem.
Josh Sargent played the last 10 minutes of the FA Cup defeat with the striker "looking good, in a good mood and full of energy."
On Sheffield United: "We had some good moments in the match at Carrow Road so we will try to replicate that. If we find the flow in our game, we can hurt them. We will have to be smart when we risk the ball because they are extremely good on the counter-attack."