Next Norwich City Manager Odds

Compare the next Norwich City permanent manager betting odds available on several UK bookmakers.

We list all the candidates available for the next permanent Canaries boss after Johannes Hoff Thorup and the odds available for each manager.

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Next Norwich City Manager Betting

Next Norwich City Manager Betting

Norwich City have become arguably the ultimate yo-yo club, with no manager having been able to take the Canaries into the Premier League and make them established in the higher league.

Johannes Hoff Thorup was appointed as Norwich's latest head coach in the summer of 2024, with a return to the Premier League right at the top of the to-do list for the Danish manager.

But a mixed start to the season has led to some whispers he will not stay in charge for too long.

Our full guide to the next Norwich City manager betting odds has more information, so read on.

Canaries entering post-Delia era

Having been a joint majority shareholder at Norwich for 27 years, the celebrity chef Delia Smith announced in 2024 that she would be standing down alongside husband Michael Wynn Jones.

The pair have led Norwich for a generation but are now handing over control to Mark Attanasio's Norfolk Holdings Group, with the American the owner of the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team.

Attanasio has overseen a successful spell for the Brewers, who are seen as one of the smaller teams in the sport but have regularly made Major League Baseball’s post-season play-offs.

He first bought shares in Norwich in 2022 but it remains to be seen how his leadership style will differ from that of Smith and her husband, who saw the club to six promotions and relegations.

They have had 15 head coaches - or managers - with Danish boss Thorup becoming the latest.

How Have Norwich Managers Performed in the Last 10 Years?

Norwich have typically shown more patience than most clubs to their managers in recent times:

  • Johannes Hoff Thorup: May 2024-present
  • David Wagner: January 2023-May 2024
  • Dean Smith: November 2021-December 2022
  • Daniel Farke: May 2017-November 2021
  • Alex Neil: January 2015-March 2017
  • Neil Adams: April 2014-January 2015
  • Chris Hughton: June 2012-April 2014

Wagner was let go by Norwich after his side suffered a heavy 4-0 defeat to Leeds United in the Championship play-offs at the end of his only full season in charge of the East Anglian side.

The American had succeeded Smith, who had been unable to prevent a record sixth relegation from the Premier League for Norwich. They then made a stuttering start to the next season and former Walsall, Brentford and Aston Villa manager Smith was subsequently sacked by the club.

Farke was in charge for a longer spell than any Canaries manager since Nigel Worthington. The German got Norwich to the Premier League twice in his four years, but could not keep them up.

It had been a similar story for Neil, with the Scot helping Norwich reach the top-flight via the play-offs but having been unable to prevent them from slipping straight back into the second tier.

Adams, who had played for the club, stepped up from the youth setup to take charge but became another Norwich manager to have a Premier League relegation added to their CV.

Having led Norwich to an 11th-placed finish in the Premier League, Hughton was dismissed with the club sitting five points clear of the relegation zone, albeit with a daunting run-in.

Thorup's Mixed Start at Carrow Road

Norwich opted to give Thorup a three-year contract when he joined from Danish top-flight side Nordsjaelland but the Canaries slipped to a 2-0 loss at Oxford United in his first game in charge.

Thorup then saw his side record back-to-back draws before the Dane finally got his first win on the board on the road with a 1-0 victory at Coventry City. Defeat at Swansea City followed but they started climbing the table by taking 10 points out of the next 12 that were available to earn.

Norwich sat seventh in the Championship table going into the October international break, but it is fair to say the jury is still out on Thorup, whose side put four past both Watford and Hull City.

Although the next Norwich City manager betting odds are not available at the present time, let's take a closer look at some of the potential names in the frame for when this job comes up again.

  • Carlos Cuesta

    Arsenal coach Cuesta was high on the list when the next Norwich manager odds were last available to browse, before Thorup was instead given the chance to take charge of the club.

    Cuesta is regarded as one of the most exciting young coaches in the game and has become a key ally for Mikel Arteta since he was appointed to the coaching staff at the Emirates Stadium. It is believed that Cuesta sees himself becoming a number one before long, so Norwich might see him as the right fit for a club taking a different approach since the changes in the boardroom.

    Another reason to watch Cuesta is that Norwich's sporting director Ben Knapper was at Arsenal for more than a decade, so the hotly awaited coach is sure to be on their radar as a result. Still yet to mark his 30th birthday, Cuesta would become one of the world's youngest managers.

  • Will Still

    Belgian-born Englishman Still has become a common fixture on the next manager betting odds markets for myriad clubs and he was among those linked with Norwich in the summer of 2024.

    While he was said to be of interest to Sunderland and others, Still opted to stay in Ligue 1 but moved on from his old side Reims to take charge of Lens instead. Still has made a positive start to life at his new team, enjoying a landmark home win over Ligue 1 title contenders Marseille.

    West Ham fan Still is on record as saying his love for the Football Manager and Championship Manager video game series fuelled his desire to pursue a coaching career within the sport.

  • Frank Lampard

    Lampard took charge of Derby County in the Championship for his first job as a manager, so he is familiar with the level, and he might need to return to it if he is to get another shot as a coach.

    Across two spells with Chelsea, where the former England midfielder remains a legend of the club, Lampard recorded some eye-catching results but saw his lack of tactical acumen exposed.

    Lampard might see his future being within the media, but one more go at managing may appeal.

  • Kjetil Knutsen

    A more intriguing appointment would surely be Knutsen, but the Norwegian seems to be happy and settled in his homeland with Bodø/Glimt, who he has led in the Eliteserien since 2018.

    Knutsen made global headlines when he led the club to their first ever Norwegian league title a few years back, with his team almost managing to go the whole campaign without any defeats.

    That took them into Europe, where Knutsen masterminded a stunning 6-1 Europa Conference League win over the Serie A giants Roma, who had Jose Mourinho in their dugout at the time.

  • Pascal Jansen

    Jansen was one of the favourites in the next Norwich City manager betting odds before Thorup got the job, with the Dutchman then leaving AZ to become the new head coach of Ferencváros.

    It seems unlikely that Jansen, who worked on the coaching staff at Dutch giants PSV between 2013 and 2018, would leave the Hungarian side so quickly after taking over, while they made a strong start to his time in charge and sat top of the table going into the October internationals.

Norwich City Manager History

Manager From To
Johannes Thorup 30 May 2024 Current manager
David Wagner 6 January 2023 17 May 2024
Dean Smith 15 November 2021 27 December 2022
Daniel Farke 25 May 2017 6 November 2021
Alan Irvine 10 March 2017 25 May 2017
Alex Neil 9 January 2015 10 March 2017
Mike Phelan 5 January 2015 9 January 2015
Neil Adams 6 April 2014 5 January 2015
Chris Hughton 7 June 2012 6 April 2014
Paul Lambert 18 August 2009 2 June 2012
Ian Butterworth 14 August 2009 18 August 2009
Bryan Gunn 16 January 2009 14 August 2009
Glenn Roeder 30 October 2007 14 January 2009
Jim Duffy 9 October 2007 30 October 2007
Peter Grant 16 October 2006 9 October 2007
Martin Hunter 2 October 2006 16 October 2006
Nigel Worthington 4 December 2000 2 October 2006
Bryan Hamilton 13 March 2000 4 December 2000
Bruce Rioch 1 July 1998 13 March 2000

Next Norwich City Manager FAQs

There are currently no betting odds available for the next Norwich City manager. But, we will update this page as soon as they are released.

Johannes Hoff Thorup is the current Norwich City manager, and he has been in the job since 30 May 2024.