{"id":1152681,"date":"2026-08-17T00:03:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T00:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1152681\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T00:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T00:03:18","slug":"norwich-city-keen-on-ex-sheffield-wednesday-winger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1152681\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwich City Keen On Ex-Sheffield Wednesday Winger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Alex Pantling\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"single-quote\" style=\"display: block; margin-block-start: 1em; margin-block-end: 1em; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin: 30px 0px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;\">Norwich City are keen to snap up former <a style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/sheffield-wednesday\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> attacker Anthony Musaba from Fenerbahce.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Philippe Clement\u2019s men started their <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/championship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Championship<\/a> campaign at the weekend with a 2-1 loss to <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/west-brom\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Brom<\/a> at Carrow Road.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Given how the Canaries finished last term under Clement and the promotion expectations swirling around the club, the loss to the Baggies was an unexpected blow.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/logo-if-man.png\" alt=\"Inside Futbol\" class=\"if-preferred-source__logo\"\/><br \/>\n        Enjoying this story?<\/p>\n<p class=\"if-preferred-source__copy\">&#13;<br \/>\n        Add Inside Futbol as a preferred source on Google.&#13;\n      <\/p>\n<p>    <a id=\"preferred-source-button\" class=\"if-preferred-source__button\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=insidefutbol.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-label=\"Add Inside Futbol as a preferred source on Google\">&#13;<br \/>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/google_ps_badge_dark_en@2x.png\" alt=\"Add Inside Futbol as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"if-preferred-source__badge\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Clement has not finished strengthening his squad however and is now looking for further attacking options, with the focus now switching to Turkey for a potential addition.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Turkish journalist <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yagosabuncuoglu\/status\/2089088254234468565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Yagiz Sabuncuoglu<\/a>, Norwich want to snap up winger Musaba from Fenerbahce.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Samsunspor_Anthony_Musaba_620_ofg.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The winger only joined the Istanbul giants in the winter transfer window this year from fellow Turkish side Samsunspor, where he impressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fenerbahce activated a release clause of \u20ac6m to bring in the former Netherlands Under-21 international, leaving Samsunspor powerless to resist his departure.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<tr> Team Year Points <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">Reading (C)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">2005\u201306<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">106<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">Sunderland (C)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">1998-99<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">105<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">Newcastle United (C)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">2009\u201310<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">102<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">Leicester City (C)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">2013\u201314<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">102<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">Fulham (C)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">2000\u201301<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">101<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">Burnley (C)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">2022\u201323<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">101<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>   Top six most points total in Championship (from 1992-93);<br \/>(C) Champions <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Playing in the Championship would not be new for Musaba, who was on the books at Sheffield Wednesday between 2023 and 2025, and that know-how is likely to appeal to Norwich.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Musaba, 25, <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2026\/07\/13\/ipswich-town-show-interest-in-winger-as-price-expectations-set\/719738\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">attracted interest from Norwich\u2019s rivals Ipswich Town in July<\/a>, but the winger is still at Fenerbahce.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Leeds_Ampadu_Musaba_620_ofg.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whether Norwich will now come in with a bid for Musaba in the coming days and whether it will be at the level needed to convince Fenerbahce to sell remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He came through the ranks at Dutch side NEC Nijmegen, but was then signed by Monaco, who subsequently sent him out on loan stints at Cercle Brugge, Heerenveen, Metz and NEC to hone his skills.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sheffield Wednesday picked Musaba up in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Musaba made 23 appearances for Fenerbahce last term, scoring twice and providing five assists for his team-mates.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This term he has featured in the Champions League qualifiers for the Yellow Canaries.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Pantling\/Getty Images \u00a0 Norwich City are keen to snap up former Sheffield Wednesday attacker Anthony Musaba from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1152682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8817],"tags":[100266,748,393,31419,4884,29276,1620,16,15],"class_list":["post-1152681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sheffield","tag-anthony-musaba","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-fenerbahce","tag-great-britain","tag-norwich-city","tag-sheffield","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1152681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1152682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1152681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1152681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1152681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}