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Norwich City have interviewed Jon Dahl Tomasson over becoming the club's new head coach

Following the dismissal of Liam Manning, Norwich City are well underway in their hunt for a new manager and has identified former Blackburn Rovers boss Jon Dahl Tomasson as a potential candidate, with the Dane having undergone an interview for the Canaries role.

Former MK Dons and Bristol City boss Liam Manning was relieved of his duties at Carrow Road after Saturday's 2-1 home defeat to Leicester City, with the Canaries languishing in 23rd place after 15 games, accumulating just nine points in that period.

Norwich have yet to pick up a single point at home this season, in what has been a truly awful season thus far in Norfolk, with the club at risk of being cut adrift at the bottom if they are unable to pick up points soon.

The most recent international break has spelt the end of Manning's short reign in charge of his boyhood club, and Norwich have been quick to identify replacements, with John Percy reporting via X that former Blackburn boss Jon Dahl Tomasson has been interviewed for the role.

Percy goes on to report that former Wolverhampton Wanderers boss Gary O'Neil has also been interviewed for the role, and the club hopes to confirm an appointment within the next ten days ahead of their away trip to Birmingham City following the conclusion of the international break.

Jon Dahl Tomasson has been interviewed for the Norwich City role following the dismissal of Liam Manning

On Wednesday, it was confirmed by John Percy via X that Tomasson had officially been interviewed for the role at Carrow Road.

The Danish head coach has been out of work since being dismissed from his role with the Swedish national team, after four matches without a win in their World Cup Qualification group, losing twice to Kosovo and once to Switzerland, with Sweden looking likely to miss out on the next FIFA World Cup in 2026.

Tomasson had once been linked with the role at Middlesbrough during the summer, but Boro chose to appoint Rob Edwards instead, who, although he has helped them climb to second in the Championship table heading into the international break, looks set to join Wolves in the Premier League after just 15 games in charge.

Norwich has moved quickly to begin talks with the Dane, who would not be undertaking his first role in England with the Canaries.

Jon Dahl Tomasson has experience in the EFL Championship with Blackburn Rovers

Tomasson took charge of Blackburn in June 2022, and his first season in charge was the pinnacle of his Rovers career. He led the Lancashire-based outfit to a seventh-placed finish, just narrowly missing out on a place in the play-offs to Sunderland on goal difference.

His second season, however, things would go a bit more pear-shaped, with Blackburn slumping to an 18th-placed finish in the Championship, just three points above the relegation zone, and he would be dismissed in February 2024 and replaced by Jon Eustace, who would keep them up.

Upon his departure from Blackburn, he told The Mirror: "In my first season with Blackburn, we defied budget cuts and only missed out on the play-offs on goal difference.

"It was the best Rovers league finish in more than a decade, and we also had the best cup run in even more years. I loved the people in and around Rovers, but before my second season, the budgets were cut even more brutally, and suddenly, it was not about building and developing.

"It was not the project anymore that I signed up to do, and I asked to be allowed to leave. They did not want that, but finally, after the January transfer window, they accepted it and I’m thankful for that."

Should he join Norwich, he will not be joining a club that is shy of spending.

In the past two seasons, the Canaries have spent over £50 million on new arrivals under the guidance of Sporting Director Ben Knapper, who has come under increased scrutiny for his role in the club's current predicament.

Tomasson's first call to action will be to turn the club's form around and guide them away from any danger of relegation, and if he can do that, he will likely be backed in the transfer market, something which he criticised the owners at Blackburn for not doing.