Norwich Sign Defender Darling After Swansea Exit

Norwich City person signed defender Harry Darling aft he rejected a caller woody offered by Championship rivals Swansea City.

The 25-year-old, who began his profession astatine Cambridge United, has agreed a three-year woody astatine Carrow Road pinch nan action of a further 12 months.

He is nan 2nd signing by nan Canaries since nan assignment of caller caput coach Liam Manning, pursuing goalkeeper Dan Grimshaw.

Darling spent 3 seasons pinch Swansea, making 112 appearances successful each competitions and scoring 12 goals.

He said: "I'm delighted, it's been a agelong clip coming aft a batch of conversations. I'm happy to yet get it sorted and I'm looking guardant to getting started.

"Liam being successful charge, I worked pinch him earlier astatine MK Dons truthful I didn't request convincing excessively overmuch astir nan style of play. I really enjoyed it past clip moving pinch him."

Norwich sporting head Ben Knapper said: "We're perfectly thrilled to get this woody complete nan line. There was of people large title for Harry's signature, truthful we're delighted to unafraid his services."

Earlier, successful a station connected X, Darling told Swansea fans he was leaving pinch a "heavy heart".

He added: "As I move connected to nan adjacent section of my career, I will ever bespeak warmly connected my clip arsenic a Jack, and I convey you for your support successful bully times and bad complete these past fewer years."