Norwich City star anticipates ‘a few’ summer transfer options ahead of big future decision
Norwich City forward Josh Sargent anticipates having ‘a few options’ to make a move away from the club this summer.
Norwich City striker Josh Sargent has enjoyed another prolific season of Championship football. The American has 12 goals and five assists to his name in 24 league games for NCFC.
Sargent has taken up the role as leading Canaries talisman since the departure of modern-day legend Teemu Pukki and his efforts have not gone unnoticed.
The 25-year-old is deemed as one of the Championship’s standout strikers and ranks among the most important players at Carrow Road. That has seen Sargent linked with a host of clubs in reports over the past season or so.
Now, the Norwich City star admits he and his family could have a decision to make over his future ahead of the summer.
As quoted by The Guardian, Sargent admitted he believes there will be ‘a few options’ arise in the summer transfer window. While happy at NCFC, any decision will have to make sense for both him and his family.
“I think there will be a few options this summer if something were to happen,” the Norwich City hotshot said.
“It’s a decision that me and my wife are gonna have to make together, and whatever makes the most sense for our family, as well as my career.”
Crossroads for Sargent
As the striker has made clear himself, he is happy at Norwich City and he’s under a long-term contract too. Sargent is tied down to a deal until 2028.
However, after another season of starring in the Championship, it feels as though he’s ready for another shot at a higher level. Unfortunately, the Canaries can’t deliver that, not yet anyway.
It leaves them susceptible to summer bids for their star striker and at 25, Sargent is coming into his prime. He will want to spend those years at as high a level as possible.
Summer offers could prove tempting to the striker, but NCFC will likely demand a fairly sizeable fee.
Ending the season on a high
Sitting 13th in the Championship table and eight points off the top six, it seems for all intents and purposes that Norwich City are going to be staying in the second-tier this season.
However, they still have eight games left to play and will be keen to end the season well and enter the summer on a high.
Some strong form over the final eight games could play a part in the thinking of stars like Sargent who are likely to have offers from higher leagues. It is key for Johannes Hoff Thorup and co to show progress and reason to be excited for next season.
Grant Hanley sure Scotland can bounce back from their Nations League relegation
The centre-back understood the frustration of the Tartan Army as the Scots were booed off following a 3-0 home defeat by Greece on Sunday.
Grant Hanley vowed that Scotland will prove their doubters wrong once more by bouncing back strongly from their Nations League relegation.
The centre-back understood the frustration of the Tartan Army as the Scots were booed off following a humiliating 3-0 home defeat by Greece on Sunday that resulted in a 3-1 aggregate loss in the play-off and demotion to League B.
Hanley was adamant that the Scots have shown often enough during Steve Clarke’s reign, however, that they should not be written off as they build towards the 2026 World Cup qualification campaign later this year.
“There was a good feeling in the squad after Thursday night (following the 1-0 first-leg win in Greece), but I suppose that’s football,” said Birmingham defender Hanley, reflecting on the contrasting emotions of the past week.
“It’s not the first time I’ve had it happen in my career, where you go off a big high to a few days later having a massive low. It’s about how we deal with it and how we move on.
“We’ve definitely had some major high moments in the last few years. There’s also been some major lows. I’m sure the squad will prove again, as it has done, that we can bounce back.
“It’s up to us as players to react to that and to move on. This squad’s got character. I don’t think that’s something you can ever question. I’m sure we’ll bounce back.”
Scotland have qualified for two European Championships under Clarke and won promotion to Nations League A, but they have also suffered the frustration of failing to win a match at either of those two major tournaments, losing a 2022 World Cup play-off to Ukraine, and now demotion from League A.
The Scots lost all three of their opening matches in the top tier of the Nations League against Poland, Portugal and Croatia but then picked up seven points from their closing three fixtures against the same opponents. They continued that upturn in form with victory in Greece last Thursday before falling flat on Sunday.
“Obviously, we wanted to end it well and we’ve not been able to do that,” said Hanley, reflecting on the campaign. “It’s ended with disappointment, but I think throughout, we were nearly there. You look at the start of the campaign, we had some good performances and not quite getting the results, and obviously, we finished it strongly.
“We’ve been unsuccessful (in the play-off). We’ll need to learn our lessons from that, which we will, and we’ll move on.”
