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🗣️ SCHLUPP

These are discussions made within the club. It's not only me but all together looking at squad building for next season. I think Jeffrey had the bad luck not to be fit enough this season. He's back now, the last couple of weeks, and he's totally fit now. So that's a really positive for him. Of course, he needs to gain rhythm now, and it's a short time now to get that rhythm.

I've been impressed in the two weeks that he's been training, because you see a very experienced player, a good character also in the dressing room when he was injured around the young lads.

But with the situation that we had with Ben (Chrisene) and Lucien (Mahovo) this season we need to be sure of consistency next season in that position, because too many times we had to play with a right-footed player there.

🗣️ DUFFY

It has to do also with the evolution of other players. So Ruairi stepped up big time this season. Jose (Cordoba) was really constantly performing well. Harry (Darling) also stepped up the last couple of months. Jakov (Medic) did well. Shane is getting older, all these guys are younger, so one moment you need to choose for youth.

I've been in that moment of my career, also in the past. It's a logical one, and we respect everything that Shane has done for this club and we wish him all the best for his next challenge. And it's sure that he wants to continue playing football. He really loves football, so it's going to be a new challenge for him.

🗣️ MARCONDES

It had also to do with development of young players, or other players, with the development of Anis (Ben Slimane), how he stepped up from December on, and we brought Paris (Maghoma) in, and Paris is doing also a really good job in the number 10 position, the best position of Emi. Also Jacob Wright.

We don't want to block his evolution, because it's important also that next season Jacob can get enough minutes, because I believe in him.

So then there will not be enough space for Emi also to compete, because you cannot make a squad where you have four or five players in in the same position, because then you kill certain players. He's been really good, also in the moment that he was out, or when he was not selected, with all the other lads.

He's so obsessed with the game, interested in tactical choices and dynamics in a dressing room, we talked about that. So later on if he wants to go into management he can always call me. He is an intelligent guy but for the next few years he is going to play and maybe in the future, we'll meet each other again

🗣️ SPRINGETT

I spoke also with Tony about what he wanted, and we were aligned. Because it was a really, really difficult decision with Tony, who's been amazing in this dressing room. He's like the glue of the dressing room.

Everybody loves him. He's so funny, so energetic every day with a really positive vibe. But where we are is ambitious, we want to invest also in his best position to get somebody in with extra quality.

Tony is not the type to be now third or fourth choice in a position. He could do that this year because he came out of two years no football, and he was really happy with everything and every playing minute or every playing second in whatever position.

But he's also at an age where he needs to start playing regularly, and he has so much energy. Also, if I would keep him here to do that role, not playing all the time, it would kill him. He feels totally the same. So he will go for a new challenge where he has more guarantee of playing minutes.

And I can say to whatever team is interested in him, they're going to get a really, really positive character and a good football player also there, but he's now in the moment of his career that he needs to start playing a lot of minutes to make the next step, and maybe one day as a club, we will need to decide to get him back after playing a lot of minutes.

Let's hope and see, because he's also really somebody with the Norwich heart, so it will be hard for him to leave the club, but he knows also that it's necessary now for his career.

If Tony had a totally different opinion about things, and he was like, ‘No, I want to stay here, and this is my club, and this is my life’, then it would be much harder.

He's part of this club. His heart is here. He's so respected in the building, with all the staff, within the dressing room, with everybody, but sometimes you need to fly out of your comfort zone and your normal environment, and that's part of football, also, to make the next steps. I had it in the past also, and you discover new things, and your world evolves and becomes bigger.

Posted By: DrDublin on April 24th 2026 at 16:51:24

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