Unusually for a new manager, Philippe Clement is likely to be relieved that his first game in charge of Norwich is away from home, at Birmingham City, this weekend.

The Frenchman survived for two years in the cauldron that is Rangers, but will not be underestimating the challenge ahead in the more genteel surroundings of Carrow Road, where Norwich have lost all seven of their home league matches this season, leaving them second-bottom of the Championship.

After reaching the play-offs in 2023-24, Norwich’s decline began last season, winning one game between 1 February and 3 May. Danish head coach Johannes Hoff Thorup was sacked in April. Performances and results worsened under his permanent successor, Liam Manning, who won just three of 17 games before being dismissed last week.

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