Norwich City have just announced that Newcastle United loanee Fraser Forster’s loan has been extended until January 2nd 2010.

The 21 year old was between the sticks for the 2-0 win over Hartlepool, and despite having seen that Otsemobor, Nelson and Docherty will be protecting him, has signed up until the new year

‘He did well coming in on Saturday at very short notice and showed he is a very capable goalkeeper,’ Canary chief Paul Lambert told the club’s official website.

‘We needed cover due to Ben Alnwick’s injury and we have now extended the loan until January, giving us more options between the sticks.’

Dejan opts to leave Carrow Road
Norwich defender Dejan Stefanovic has left the club in search of more regular football after his contract was terminated by mutual consent.
The 34-year-old ruptured cruciate ligaments in the Championship game against Preston in November, and made a total of 12 appearances for the club.

Manager Paul Lambert said: “Dejan made it clear he wanted to leave the club before I joined. We thank him for his efforts and wish him well for the future.”

Bryan Gunn’s 11th and 12th signings of the season come on free’s, with Maric signing a one year deal and Askou a two year deal.

NCFC Manageer Bryan Gunn said:

“Both adapted well to our style of play and the physical elements, which will be needed in League One this season.  I’m obviously delighted they have signed – both had offers from other clubs, but the attractiveness of Norwich City Football Club – the facilities and supporters have all played their part again.

They have boosted numbers in the squad and bring healthy competition in the much needed areas of striker and defence and we look forward to working with them.”

So in this highly unusual pre-season, we are unbeaten and have now signed enough decent players to really have a crack at league one.  Anyone out there still thinking we don’t have the squad for a title challenge?

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Doncaster and chairman Roger Munby stood down from their posts at Carrow Road last week in the wake of the club’s relegation to League One.

In urging fans to get behind the board and manager Bryan Gunn, Doncaster made a farewell plea.

He said: “Please do not assume that grass is greener on the other side, that there are queues of wealthy non-supporters desperate to ‘invest’ in the club. Such people simply do not exist. Or, if they do, they always, always want something valuable in return.

“There really is no such thing as a free lunch. It may well be possible for an owner to make a profit out of a football club - that, ultimately is what ‘investment’ means. But that profit would, in all likelihood, come at a huge cost to the club itself.

“There are many examples of where this has happened, despite the best efforts of the football authorities. Norwich City’s most likely route to a secure financial future is, quite simply, wealthy supporters and local businesses using their resources to back the club that they love.

“This, in combination with continuing efforts to drive further money out of off-field activities, is the way forward. It may be unglamorous. It may sound hackneyed. But I believe it to be fundamentally true.”

Doncaster paid tribute to City’s staff, supporters, volunteers and fund-raisers - and had special thanks for the board.

He said: “I would like to thank Delia, Michael and Michael Foulger for all that they did to support me personally and for all of their ongoing financial support of Norwich City.

“There seems to be a perception in some quarters that those directors earn money from the club, or take cash out in some other way, or are involved for some other personal gain. The truth could not be more different. Andrew and Sharon Turner, Delia, Michael and the Foulger family - all have simply given over their hard-earned cash to try to buy on-field success for the club they love.”

Leaving, he said, had been a difficult decision.

He said: “Stepping down from any company is a difficult thing to do. When that company happens to be an iconic football club, to which you have given nearly 13 years of your life, the decision to stand down is one that can only be taken after a great deal of thought and soul searching.

“Roger Munby and I want only for the best for Norwich City and, in circumstances where change is so much in demand, we felt that stepping down was simply necessary for the club to be able to move forward in harmony.

“Ordinarily, to lose four senior people in such a short space of time would be hugely destabilising for any company. But the recent departures of Andrew Cullen, Shaun O’Hara, Roger Munby and myself have created opportunities for the club’s talented senior managers to step up and fill the void and for new people with fresh ideas to come in. “

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Norwich manager Bryan Gunn has admitted that relegation is likely to scupper his hopes of signing Alan Lee and Jason Shackell.

The pair played the final few months of the season at Carrow Road on loan from Crystal Palace and Wolves respectively and Gunn appreciates that neither player is likely to fancy League One football next season.

He said: “Signing them both was my hope at the end of last season had we stayed in the Championship.

“But we didn’t and it will be tougher for that reason. Financially we need to be realistic. These guys have got contracts at a Premier League and a Championship club. They are both under contract for the next two years.

“Being in League One is going to make it more difficult to attract them than it was before.

“We are investigating it. I have spoken to Mick McCarthy and Neil Warnock but there is nothing more to add.”

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