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Norwich City are set to announce their new head coach in the coming days.

The BBC understands that the Canaries are in talks with Danish Superliga club FC Nordsjælland as they look to secure the services of their boss, 35-year-old Johannes Hoff Thorup.

The Danish season concluded on Sunday with Nordsjælland finishing fourth in the top division.

Thorup has been in charge since January 2023 and the club were Superliga runner-up in his first season.

Norwich finished sixth in the Championship last season and sacked head coach David Wagner the day after being knocked out of the play-offs by Leeds United.

Chris Reeve mulls over the Leeds defeat and a new direction for Norwich City following the departure of David Wagner.

Join Chris and Rob Butler for The Scrimmage with BBC Radio Norfolk at 18:00 BST on Monday.

The podcast will be available after the show.

Norwich City have announced the departure of several first team players.

Defenders Ben Gibson, Dimitris Giannoulis, Sam McCallum and Danny Batth are all out of contract and will leave Carrow Road.

Scottish goalkeeper Jon McCracken will also leave the club, he joined the Canaries in 2016 as a 16-year-old.

Danish midfielder Jacob Sorensen has signed a new one year deal with the option of a further year.

23-year-old goalkeeper Archie Mair has also been given a new contract.

The full list of departing players is as follows:

Danny Batth

Ben Gibson

Dimitris Giannoulis

Sydney van Hooijdonk (returning to Bologna)

Sam McCallum

Jon McCracken

Norwich City striker Ashley Barnes has reacted to his side's defeat to Leeds United in the play-offs on his Instagram account.

Here's what he had to say in full:

"A devastating, disappointing night on Thursday evening for everyone.

"The highs of football wiped away very quickly! The achievement to reach the play-offs was a minimum in which we did but not being able to progress through with only ourselves to blame is a blow for everyone.

"Setbacks are what makes us stronger as individuals and as a group but the hunger to go again and challenge again next season is there more than ever!"

He continued: "I want to thank the boss (David Wagner) and Stuart Webber for bringing me to this amazing football club and to have the privilege to work with so many amazing people that work tirelessly behind the scenes in preparing and looking after us on a daily basis and knowing what this club means to them is why we love our job and do what we do 💛💚.

"Now time to rest and recover and see you all next season stronger than ever🐤"

Here's part two of BBC Norfolk's Chris Goreham and Rob Butler discussing a busy week for the Canaries.

The club will appoint a new head coach in the coming weeks.

BBC Norfolk's Chris Goreham and Rob Butler chat about David Wagner's departure from the Canaries.

This is part one of special content which has been recorded exclusively for the BBC Sport Norwich City page.

The League Managers Association has issued a statement on behalf of former Norwich City head coach David Wagner.

Here is that statement in full:

“I would like to take this opportunity to wish Norwich City Football Club the very best for the future and to thank Delia, Michael and Mark for their support during a very challenging season and a half.

“It was an exciting opportunity to return to English football and coach a club with such great history and people. I have enjoyed my time in Norfolk, getting to know the community and everyone who supports the club.

“When Christoph and I arrived, we were confident that we could help the club to challenge for promotion and whilst we are disappointed by the nature of the result against Leeds, we are also very proud of the hard work that everyone at Norwich City has put into the season to reach the play-off semi-finals in such a competitive league.

“Although I am disappointed to be leaving a club with so much potential, I respect that the club has decided to move in a different direction without Christoph and me.

“I would like to thank the players and staff who have performed so well in my time at Norwich City. The fans have also been an incredible support to the team and although we didn’t manage to achieve promotion this season, I hope that the club will return to the Premier League very soon.”

Wagner was sacked as City boss on Friday following defeat in the Championship play-off semi-final against Leeds United.

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Norwich City legends Chris Sutton and Darren Eadie gave their opinons on the sacking of head coach David Wagner in a special episode of BBC Norfolk's Canary Call.

A host of Canary fans were also involved in the debate and offered their thoughts on who should be next in the Carrow Road hotseat.

You can listen to the full episode of Canary Call here.

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Join the BBC Radio Norfolk sport team for a special Canary Call at 17:30 BST on Friday.

A chance for you to have your say on David Wagner's sacking and what comes next for the Canaries.

Join Chris Goreham, Rob Butler and Phil Daley on BBC Sounds and if you can't listen live, a podcast version will be available after broadcast.