Team News | Updates on Sørensen, Sainz and Hanley

Head coach David Wagner has provided an update on his squad during the short turnaround between Saturday's win over Stoke City and Wednesday's visit of Leicester City to Carrow Road (KO 8pm).

Head coach David Wagner has provided an update on his squad during the short turnaround between Saturday's win over Stoke City and Wednesday's visit of Leicester City to Carrow Road (KO 8pm).

There were some positive updates on players who have been absent long-term.

"Everyone came through healthy, Lungi (Jacob Sørensen) is back in training today, first-team training," Wagner said.

"Borja (Sainz) will get 45 minutes tomorrow (with the Under-21s) and we'll see how that goes."

He also reserved praise for club captain Grant Hanley who has been out since April with an Achilles injury.

"We don't have a clear timeline. He's done great so far, full of energy, I see him more or less every day. I have a feeling he is ahead of schedule, which is great. And I can tell you he is desperate to be back."

Following on from the 1-0 win against Stoke on Saturday, Wagner was pleased with the application of the squad during a difficult second half.

He was pleased with the first-half performance but felt that there were some aspects to improve from the second 45 minutes.

"Stoke are a team that can compete at the top end of the table. It makes it important for us, and that we have done it in front of our home fans again," he added.

"Second half, we were not as good as the first. We've looked at what we have to do better, we have to do better."

On the squad's current form, he pointed to the preparation between the end of the 2022/23 season and the beginning of pre-season as a key window for him in his planning.

Incoming transfer and the chance to have his first pre-season with the squad allowed for the preparation he would have liked.

"For us, last season was a long time ago. We are focused on the present, and the future as well.

"We've done a lot of what we wanted to do after last season. We want a good transfer window, the right personalities, the right players in early, good pre-season, good games, and now have a good start as well."

With Leicester to come on Wednesday evening, he says that it is the greatest challenge that Norwich will face in the league this season.

The Foxes have won five out of six games so far and lie in second in the table.

"We are really looking forward to Wednesday, the first evening game at home, it's always special under the floodlights. It sometimes gives another percentage of energy and togetherness, hopefully we'll feel that on Wednesday.

"This is the biggest test we have faced this season, at home or away. One we are really looking forward to, very excited about. We want to be the most uncomfortable opponent that they'll face.

"We will need everyone, and when I say everyone I mean everyone in the stadium. If we have that, we will be ok."