NORWICH TO SET £20m TRANSFER LIMIT ON TOP-FLIGHT RETURN EXCLUSIVE

NORWICH CITY will keep faith with the approach that has seen them to the brink of promotion by planning to take a transfer budget of only £20million into the Premier League. Daniel Farke’s side are on the cusp of returning to the top flight by recruiting smartly and promoting youth, actually turning a profit of £30m last summer after selling James Maddison and Josh Murphy. The club would not need to make sales during this coming market with their finances boosted by Premier League revenues, but neither will they splash the cash like other promoted sides. Fulham spent £100m after going up through the 2018 play-offs and Wolves broke their transfer record twice by signing Adama Traore and Raul Jimenez, but Norwich will instead continue to look for value in signings as they have done for the past two years. Norwich brought in Teemu Pukki on a free transfer and Emiliano Buendia for £1.5m last summer and the pair have scored 36 goals and provided 20 assists between them. The recruitment team, headed by Kieran Scott, are preparing to work to a total cost for new players of £20m covering transfer fees and wages.

STOKE CITY are in danger of pricing Jack Butland out of a summer move as they seek up to £30million for the keeper. Butland, 26, wants to return to the Premier League with Bournemouth and Crystal Palace among those interested. But Stoke value the England player and he still has two years left on his contract.