philcanary
18-02-2014, 12:59 PM
Norwich City have remarkably admitted that they will have replacements ready should they dispatch Chris Hughton from his managerial position.
The former Newcastle manager has been under pressure this season for failing to deliver results following a substantial transfer budget that was given to him in the summer.
The club's chief executive David McNally has said that they will be ready should the club's poor performances continue.
"It would be almost delinquent of the football club to not be aware of potential candidates, if for any reason your manager left," McNally told the Eastern Daily Press.
"If results are not good enough, you have to be aware of who is out there to help. You look at the market and who might be right for Norwich City.
"If we needed to make a change - and the average tenure of a Premier League manager is about a year and a half, which puts Chris in the top six or top eight longest serving right now - then if a change was necessary, it wouldn't be a case of, w
The former Newcastle manager has been under pressure this season for failing to deliver results following a substantial transfer budget that was given to him in the summer.
The club's chief executive David McNally has said that they will be ready should the club's poor performances continue.
"It would be almost delinquent of the football club to not be aware of potential candidates, if for any reason your manager left," McNally told the Eastern Daily Press.
"If results are not good enough, you have to be aware of who is out there to help. You look at the market and who might be right for Norwich City.
"If we needed to make a change - and the average tenure of a Premier League manager is about a year and a half, which puts Chris in the top six or top eight longest serving right now - then if a change was necessary, it wouldn't be a case of, w