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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.