'A few will leave' - Norwich boss Manning
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Norwich City boss Liam Manning is expecting players to leave the club before the transfer window closes at the start of next month.
The Canaries have added 10 players to their first-team squad over the summer while selling last season's top scorer, Borja Sainz, to Porto.
As they prepare for Saturday's opening Championship match of the season against Millwall (15:00 BST), Manning admits players will have to leave the club.
"It's not always in our control but naturally we're a bit heavy," the head coach told BBC Radio Norfolk.
"We've been able to do some real productive work with the help of the owners to bring in what we have - the consequence is we've got a few too many and I'm sure in the coming weeks there'll be a few who will leave."
Norwich finished their pre-season programme with a 2-0 win over Dutch side NAC Breda on Saturday with the notable absences of experienced duo Shane Duffy and Anis Ben Slimane.
Defender Duffy missed only one league game last season while midfielder Slimane made 25 starts in the Championship.
"Everybody wants to play football and if that's not happening or not likely here, people want to pursue alternative options," Manning added.
"Until anything definite happens we'll keep working with them, keep pushing them - their attitude has been top in training and we'll see how that plays out."