STAYING UP

Norwich City manager Chris Hughton has said that he is looking forward to establishing the club as one of the regular fixtures in the Premier league. Norwich were recently promoted to the Premier league under the management of Paul Lambert. However, the second season in the English top division appeared to be a struggle for Norwich after Lambert left the club at the start of the season. The arrival of Chris Hughton, who has done a good job with the likes of Newcastle and Birmingham in the past, has worked in favour of the club.

Norwich struggled with the threat of relegation only in the last few weeks of the campaign, but even that was eroded following the 3-2 win over Manchester City on the final day of the season. This victory helped the club bounce from the 16th position in the table to an 11th place. They have also managed to secure the £ 4 million prize money as a result of this huge bump up. Hughton has said that he does not want to have any threat of relegation next season. He wants Norwich to be a regular Premier league club as the likes of Sunderland and Stoke City have become over the years.

“There were some really good stats this season. The facts are we had 10 clean sheets and in addition to that out of 38 games, we had 22 we either drew or lost by the odd goal. Those aspects we got right. What we needed to address is getting those additional goals that turn draws into wins and those defeats into draws and we found it difficult,” said Hughton. He is prepared to enter into the transfer market in order to strengthen the team. He reckons that the next season will be even tougher than the current one.