Norwich City news: Lorent Tolaj update, Philippe Clement transfer warning, Ipswich Town's Mark Ashton slammed | OneFootball

All the latest Norwich City news after the club's turbulent Championship season came to an end.

With the regular Championship season now concluded, Norwich City will be looking ahead to the upcoming campaign with plenty of optimism.

Norwich went into this season with hopes of mounting a promotion push, but they endured a nightmare start to the season, and head coach Liam Manning was sacked in November with the club sitting in the relegation zone.

Former Rangers boss Philippe Clement was appointed as Manning's replacement, and he made a stunning impact at Carrow Road to guide his side clear of danger and up the Championship table, with the play-offs even looking like an outside possibility at one stage.

The Canaries eventually finished the season in ninth place, but they were only seven points adrift of sixth-placed Hull City, who beat them 2-1 at the MKM Stadium on the final day of the campaign to book their own place in the top six.

As Norwich begin preparations for a fifth consecutive season in the second tier, here is the latest news involving the Norfolk outfit.

Norwich City face fresh competition for Plymouth Argyle striker Lorent Tolaj

Norwich may already have two exciting strikers on their books in Jovon Makama and Mohamed Toure, while Mathias Kvistgaarden also showed glimpses of his ability during his debut season at the club, but it seems Clement is still keen to add to his forward line.

It was claimed last month that the Canaries are one of the clubs keen on Plymouth Argyle striker Lorent Tolaj, who scored 21 goals and provided eight assists in 35 appearances for the Pilgrims this season following his £1.2 million summer move from Port Vale.

In the same report, it was revealed that Belgian side Anderlecht and Danish club Copenhagen are also keeping tabs on Tolaj, along with Norwich's Championship rivals Stoke City and Swansea City, and it seems his list of admirers is only increasing as the summer transfer window approaches.

Tolaj is also believed to be on the radar of Derby County and Millwall, and after he was linked with Celtic earlier this year, their Old Firm rivals Rangers have become the latest club to take an interest in the 24-year-old, according to TEAMtalk.

While Tolaj is under contract with Argyle until the summer of 2029, it looks inevitable he will leave Home Park this summer after they failed to reach the League One play-offs, but Norwich face a serious battle if they are to land his signature.

Philippe Clement issues clear Norwich City transfer warning as World Cup looms

Despite Norwich being one of the form teams in the Championship in the second half of the season, Clement has made no secret of his desire to strengthen his squad this summer, and the Belgian is keen for the club to act quickly in the transfer market.

However, with the World Cup starting on the 11th June and running for over five weeks, Clement warned that it may be difficult for the Canaries to get deals over the line early in the summer, hinting that some of their targets may be participating in the tournament in the United States.

"We want to have our business done as fast as possible," Clement told the Pink Un.

"The World Cup is a factor for the market, for sure, because you have players going to the World Cup who don't want to sign for anybody anywhere else, because they know if they score two, three goals there that their situation can totally change, or their agent is probably telling them that.

"You have teams who have a lot of players going to the World Cup who will keep other players longer into the building, although they don't want to continue with them during the next season, to have a good pre-season and to train with enough people and to have friendly games with enough players, so that also stops getting them earlier. We will see."

"Not everybody's going to the World Cup. That's the positive thing. And not all the teams in the world have 10 players at the World Cup.

"We will see what we can find. Sometimes it's fast, sometimes it's later. You can never predict this. That I learned in all these years.

"Sometimes you want to get somebody really fast in, but you need to wait. Sometimes negotiations take also three, four or five weeks with a certain player or club. We don't have a crystal ball."

Norwich City legend hits out at Mark Ashton for Ipswich Town promotion celebrations

While Norwich supporters will be pleased with their own side's progress under Clement in recent months, it will no doubt have stung many on the yellow half of East Anglia to see Ipswich Town win automatic promotion to the Premier League.

The Tractor Boys, who completed the double over the Canaries for the first time in 33 years this season, sealed an immediate return to the top flight with a 3-0 victory over Queens Park Rangers on Saturday, and it has been a week of celebration at Portman Road.

As expected, Marcelino Nunez aimed plenty of digs at his former club following Ipswich's promotion, but chairman Mark Ashton also caused headlines when he was filmed joining in with an offensive chant about ex-Norwich majority shareholder Delia Smith.

It is fair to say that Ashton's actions did not go down too well with Canaries supporters, while club legend Iwan Roberts, who made over 300 appearances during his time at Carrow Road, was also among those to criticise the Tractor Boys chief, taking to social media to share his thoughts.