Emiliano Marcondes is close to becoming a Norwich City player, according to reports from his native Denmark.
The Canaries have been exploring the possibility of entering the free agent market after injuries to Onel Hernandez, Ashley Barnes and Christian Fassnacht, with the 29-year-old one of the options considered
Now Tipsbladet claim the final details on a deal between the parties are being completed, and that Marcondes is set to sign for Norwich.
That means reuniting with former boss Johannes Hoff Thorup, who’s currently head coach at Carrow Road and worked with his compatriot at Danish club Nordsjaelland.
Thorup signed the attacking midfielder on loan from Bournemouth just four days after taking the top job with the Tigers, and now appears to be honing in on a second spell together.
Marcondes has been training with Nordsjaelland to retain fitness, having been released by the Cherries this summer. He’s previously played for Brentford, and ended his time on the south coast with a loan spell at Hibernian.
The former Midtjylland man also came through the academy at FCN when Thorup was a youth coach, earning his English move after 119 appearances for the club.
City were linked with a move for him in the summer, but pursued other options. They’ve since looked into out-of-contract players, with those injuries threatening first-team squad depth.
Hernandez is set to be absent for nearly 10 weeks after sustaining a hamstring injury in the 4-1 win over Watford, while Fassnacht won’t return to team training until after the international break.
Thorup has declined to place a timeframe on Ashley Barnes’ recovery from an Achilles injury, but confirmed in his pre-match press conference that he was back in a protective boot. The striker had surgery this summer, but it hasn’t yet had the desired effect.
Norwich will only add to their squad if they find a player with the requisite fitness, who also has the ability to hit the ground running in yellow and green.
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