Tag: Clement

Philippe Clement: Norwich City owner delighted by ‘special’ head coach
6 May 2026 Off

Philippe Clement: Norwich City owner delighted by ‘special’ head coach

By Total Football News

Norwich City’s owner has hailed Philippe Clement as a “special manager” following the team’s dramatic improvement under the Belgian.

The Canaries were next to bottom of the Championship when Clement was appointed last November, but won 19 games under Clement to finish ninth.

“You need some good fortune in sport, and we had good fortune to connect with Philippe,” Mark Attanasio told BBC Radio Norfolk’s Canary Call phone-in.

Clement, who

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Philippe Clement: Norwich boss offers sympathy to Henrik Pedersen
24 February 2026 Off

Philippe Clement: Norwich boss offers sympathy to Henrik Pedersen

By Total Football News

Norwich City boss Philippe Clement offered consolatory words to Sheffield Wednesday counterpart Henrik Pedersen ahead of the meeting of the two teams at Carrow Road on Wednesday night.

The Owls’ relegation was confirmed by defeat in the Steel City derby last weekend and they have now lost 10 games in a row.

Asked if he had ever been in a similar situation, Clement told BBC Radio Norfolk: “Not as a

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Josh Sargent: Norwich City boss Philippe Clement says striker made himself unavailable to play
11 January 2026 Off

Josh Sargent: Norwich City boss Philippe Clement says striker made himself unavailable to play

By Total Football News

Sargent joined Norwich in August 2021 from German side Werder Bremen and has scored 56 goals for the Canaries in 157 games.

Without him, Norwich were convincing winners against the Saddlers, with Jovon Makama scoring a hat-trick to help the Canaries into round four.

The 21-year-old has overtaken Sargent as Norwich’s top scorer with 12 goals against the American’s eight.

“Jovon is improving a lot,” said Clement. “The staff is

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Philippe Clement: Norwich City showing ‘clear signal’ of progress
18 December 2025 Off

Philippe Clement: Norwich City showing ‘clear signal’ of progress

By Total Football News

Clement said his team had been tactically aware in defence and also showed their ability going forwards.

“They played a really great game with a lot of energy, desire and doing the right things together, the composure to play between lines, to create spaces for ourselves and create more chances than the two goals,” he added.

“He [Makama] is a really interesting player. He never played at this level [before]

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Birmingham City 4-1 Norwich City: Philippe Clement has nightmare start as Canaries boss
24 November 2025 Off

Birmingham City 4-1 Norwich City: Philippe Clement has nightmare start as Canaries boss

By Total Football News

Celebrating their 150th anniversary, Birmingham were in no mood to give Clement and his side any presents as they started superbly.

Demarai Gray forced Vladan Kovacevic into a good low save after a minute before being integral to the opener soon after.

The forward superbly controlled Alex Cochrane’s long ball before his low pass across the six-yard box was tucked away by the unmarked Ducksch at the far post for

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Birmingham City v Norwich City: Chris Davies on Philippe Clement
21 November 2025 Off

Birmingham City v Norwich City: Chris Davies on Philippe Clement

By Total Football News

Boss Chris Davies has admitted “it’s hard to prepare” for Birmingham City’s Championship fixture with Norwich under their new manager Philippe Clement.

Clement was appointed by the Canaries on Tuesday to replace the sacked Liam Manning.

“He’s obviously a very good manager, did a really good job initially at Rangers, winning a trophy,” Davies told BBC Radio WM.

“[It’s a] challenging landscape in Glasgow as everyone knows when Celtic are

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Philippe Clement ‘won’t play fantasy football’ at Norwich City – Chris Sutton
18 November 2025 Off

Philippe Clement ‘won’t play fantasy football’ at Norwich City – Chris Sutton

By Total Football News

New Norwich head coach Philippe Clement is a “realist” who will not be afraid to “ruffle a few feathers” at Carrow Road if necessary, according to the club’s former striker Chris Sutton.

The Belgian, previously manager of Scottish giants Rangers, has been appointed on a contract to run until 2029, replacing Liam Manning, who was sacked earlier this month.

Sutton’s work covering Scottish football meant he kept a keen

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Philippe Clement: Norwich appoint ex-Rangers boss as head coach
18 November 2025 Off

Philippe Clement: Norwich appoint ex-Rangers boss as head coach

By Total Football News

Former Sweden boss Jon Dahl Tomasson, ex-Bournemouth and Wolves manager Gary O’Neil and one of Clement’s successors at Rangers, Russell Martin, were all linked with the Carrow Road vacancy over the past few days.

But the Canaries recruitment team, led by sporting director Ben Knapper – himself a target for criticism from supporters following the club’s poor start to the season – have instead given Clement the job of ensuring

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