Adams to leave Norwich in Canaries shake-up — and more

Norwich are planning to promote head of recruitment Lee Dunn in an internal shake-up, with assistant sporting director Neil Adams leaving the Canaries.

Sporting director Ben Knapper will make Dunn his number two which means Adams is departing Carrow Road since first joining the club as a player 32 years ago.

He has been in his current role for nearly five years having previously been loans manager while he won the FA Youth Cup as Under-18's coach in 2013.

Adams, 59, will leave at the end of the season having been in discussions with the club about stepping down as he looks towards retirement.

The former winger, who also managed the club between 2014 and 2015, made 206 appearances for Norwich between 1994 and 1999.

Knapper has worked closely with Dunn since his appointment in 2023, with Dunn being handed extra responsibilities last summer.

Knapper has been under severe pressure this season after spending over £50m only for Norwich to languish in the Championship relegation zone at the start of the season.

Supporters called for his sacking but he survived and ex-Rangers boss Philippe Clement replaced Liam Manning in November instead, taking the Canaries to 17th after Saturday's 2-0 win at Leicester.

Norwich will look for a new head of recruitment to replace Dunn.

Head of football development Dean Rastrick is also in discussions with Everton about becoming their academy manager.

Rastrick returned to Norwich in 2023, having previously been assistant academy manager for four years from 2006.

He spent 13 years at Tottenham and ran the academy from July 2020 until his departure after John McDermott joined the Football Association.

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Leonardo Jardim was announced by Flamengo this Wednesday (4), and once again, we had a "drama" on social media due to past statements.

Much like Jhon Árias, who also upset Fluminense fans, the Portuguese coach had previously stated that in Brazil, he would only work for Cruzeiro.

After confirming the deal with Flamengo, Jardim became the target of fans on social media, questioning his words when he was the Cruzeiro coach.

In December 2025, right after the penalty shootout loss to Corinthians in the Copa do Brasil semifinal, the coach bid farewell to the Raposa in a press conference at Toca da Raposa II.

At the time, he explained that he made the decision due to family reasons.

Check out the fury of the Cruzeiro fans below, and tell us what you think of these cases, like those of Árias and Jardim!

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Dunning is representing his heritage in the WBC.