Norwich City release FOURTEEN players including Euro 2024 star following Jack Wilshere manager announcement
NORWICH CITY have brutally wielded the axe following the end of the Championship season, releasing a whopping 14 players.
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Jack Wilshere is Norwich interim boss but won't land the permanent job
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The Carrow Road cull comes just days after
The ex-
Norwich finished a disappointing 13th in the Championship and their list of freed players includes three senior stars.
That's goalkeeper
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Norwich-born Gunn, 29, played for England Under-21s but switched allegiance to Scotland and started all their three Euro 2024 games.
A club statement read: "As previously announced, first-team players Angus Gunn, Jacob Sorensen and Oriel Hernandez will leave the club at the end of their contracts this summer.
"Archie Mair and Jonathan Tomkinson will also depart the club upon expiry of their contracts, while Callum Doyle will return to parent club
"Discussions remain ongoing with
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Released keeper Angus Gunn has 15 Scotland caps
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"Discussions are also ongoing with Manchester City and Jacob Wright over triggering an option to make the midfielder's move to Carrow Road permanent.
"Caleb Ansen and Ken Aboh both return from their loan spells, while Brad Hills and Emmanuel Adegboyega remain at their loan clubs until the end of their respective campaigns.
"The club have also triggered a one-year extension option in Adegboyega's contract.
"Jonathan Rowe's loan to
"Academy players Lewis Shipley, Tom Finch, Adian Manning, Ellis Craven, Daniel Ogwuru, Alfie Doy, Alex Roberts, Kingston Simbai and Gabriel Keita will also be leaving the club.
"Henry Bullen, Hugo Valencia Gomez and Lloyd Ofori-Manteaw will all sign professional deals with the club on July 1, whilst Harmony Okwumo will sign a contract extension.
"The club would like to thank all departing players for their contribution and wish them well for the future."
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But his brief stint in charge wasn't enough to convince the club's top brass to give him the job on a full-time basis.
Canaries Sporting Director said of Wilshere's departure in an interview with the BBC: "Jack is a fantastic person, he and I have a big history together.
"He's a great coach and will be a fantastic head coach, but that's not going to be here at this particular moment in time.
"Naturally, he's disappointed. He's super-ambitious, and he should be, but for where we are right now and the context, we're focussing externally.
"The emotional part, the romantic part of me would love to make that decision but my job is to not get wrapped up in emotion and to make cool, objective decisions."
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Arsenal legend Wilshere oversaw a a draw and a win for Norwich
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