New Norwich City Starts to Take Shape

It's been a busy week or so for Norwich City FC. After the Charlton game mass changes were promised and the early signs are good. First Bryan Gunn announced his first summer signing in the shape of Matty Gill. Next came the news everyone had be waiting for, as David McNally was appointed as the new chief executive of the football club. Finally, Bryan Gunn confirmed his second summer signing Osain Tudur Jones.

Matty Gill is seen as a player who likes to pass the ball, win tough challenges, and also with an eye for goal. In fact, last season he scored nine goals from midfield. However, he is seen as a holding midfielder and a possible replacement for Sammy Clingan. He joins on a two-year deal and is a Bosman style free transfer.

Osian Tudur Jones has represented Wales at both senior and under-21 level. He offers plenty of lower league experience as does Matty Gill incidentally. Jones also has the advantage of winning promotion with Swansea out of this division. The only slight concern is he had his injury problems at Swansea. Hopefully that's all behind him and he joins on a three-year contract. There is also a fee of around £200,000 because Swansea had a one-year option on his contract.

Norwich also announced their new chief executive within the last week. The man is David McNally, and he had previous roles at Celtic and Fulham. At Celtic, he was in charge of sales and marketing, and did excellent work on improving Celtic's off the field income.

He then moved on to Fulham, where he held the title of managing director. He left Fulham in December of last year, after four successful years at the club. His time there coincided with the appointment of Roy Hodgson, and the structure that enabled Fulham's best ever Premier league finish last season. Furthermore, upon leaving Fulham he was linked with the chief executive role at Arsenal.

The next few weeks promise to be frantic, with new board members set to be announced shortly. There should also be one or two additional signings before the end of this week. Colin Doyle, Liam Dickinson and Michael Nelson, have all been linked with moves.

Finally, it has been announced that seven substitutes can be used next season, and Norwich city will start the new season with a home game against Colchester United. They will also play Yeovil Town in the first round of the Carling Cup.