New signing Paris Maghoma sat down with Canaries TV for his firstclub interview after joining Norwich City in the January transfer window.
Welcome to Norwich City, how excited are you to be signing for the club?
So excited, it's a big club, a massive club that has got a lot of ambition to get back where they definitely belong. I'm grateful for the opportunity of just being here and getting going.
Being at Carrow Road, I've watched many games (there), I've watched my brother when he used to play in the Championship, so I know the atmosphere, I know the environment. I'm just excited to get going.
How have the past couple of days been for you, it seems to have moved quite quickly; you've done your media and medical already, how has that been?
It's been good to meet everyone and meet a lot of the staff, and just get a feel for things around the building.
It has gone pretty quick but I want to be here for a long time, I want to do well here, succeed, work hard and just give it my everything.
What was it about Norwich that has convinced you that this is the right place to write the next chapter in your career?
I think especially with how Norwich are as a club, they like to bring in young players and give them a platform and opportunity to go and excel and do well.
I've had great conversations with a lot of people, great conversations with the gaffer, the style of football and everything about it is exactly where I envisage myself being.
What in those conversations about where you fit in to the style of football and your role in the team made you think this was the right place?
I think especially the attacking side and how the manager wants to play, the style of play and how intense of a team we are out of possession.
Just kind of being hard-working, high intensity, good on the ball and making things happen, attacking, scoring goals and getting assists.
What stands out about you mostly as a player, what would you consider your main attribute?
Running with the ball and making things happen, beating players. Probably running with the ball, dribbling.
You mentioned how your brother has played at Carrow Road in the past, you have another brother, the two of them coming through the Spurs academy and going on to have professional careers. How competitive was your household growing up?
Honestly, my household was something else. Like you said, growing up I had two older brothers to look up to and see everything that they did in their careers and see their journey and try to implement that into my own career and try to learn form the mistakes that they've made, which has got me this far, thankfully.
I am just proud to say that all three of us have been professional footballers.
In the time that you've spent at the training ground today, have you had a chance to meet any of your new team-mates and are there are that you knew previously?
I knew Emi (Marcondes) previously from our time together at Brentford and I met the skipper today very briefly. I can tell that he is a good guy and I know he has got a bit of banter about him, I can tell that already.
You have a lot of football league experience already, you played 50 games across all competitions for Bolton in the year that they got to the League One play-off final a couple of seasons ago. How important do you think that will be for you in adapting to the Championship and how rigorous it can be?
I think my time at Bolton definitely helped me, we had a lot of highs, a lot of lows, especially dealing with the set-back of the injury that I had at the play-off final. It just shows that you can't really take anything for granted.
I know the Championship is definitely a step above that and it's difficult but I am willing to learn, I'm willing to work hard and give it my all.
Having been with first Spurs, then Brentford, and a few loans along the way, what have you adopted to yourself from those different environments?
For me, definitely the mental side of the game. When I spent my first loan with Wimbledon, about four years ago now, that was my first time being in a first-team professional environment and it definitely taught me a lot about how much it means to win matches and to be training hard every single day.
Like I said, you cant take any of this for granted.
Away from football, what makes you tick? What are you like away from the pitch? How do you feel you'll adapt well to a new changing room and new people?
I think I'm a very open person and I like to put myself out there a lot. I might be a bit too loud as some people might say but I just try to be a positive and good vibe.
I try to have fun but when it's time to work hard, definitely work hard, but off the pitch I would probably just say just having banter with everyone and just being a good person.
Lastly, how excited are you now to get going in a yellow shirt?
Oh, so excited, I just want to get going now. It's been a difficult last six months but I think now I am finally getting myself in the best shape and just ready to kick on now.