Stoke City Managerial Latest: Norwich City and Narcis Pelach view of “highly-rated” potential successor to Steven Schumacher detailed

Stoke City Managerial Latest: Norwich City and Narcis Pelach view of “highly-rated” potential successor to Steven

Schumacher detailed

Following Steven Schumacher’s dismissal on Monday morning, Narcis Pelach, the first-team coach of Norwich City,

is the front-runner to take over as Stoke City’s head coach.

Pelach joined the Canaries’ backroom in May 2023 after joining from Huddersfield Town,

when he was chosen to assist David Wagner during the club’s coaching staff transition in advance of the upcoming campaign.

This summer has seen yet another change in leadership, with Nordsjaelland manager

Johannes Hoff Thorup taking over in May. It now appears that Pelach will step down to

assume a more prominent position at the bet365 Stadium.

The 36-year-old’s time as boss of Spanish lower-league side Figueres from 2016 to 2018 is the only experience he

has had as a head-coach so far in his career, but he is well-versed in English football now, after being assistant for three years and interim boss twice at Huddersfield from 2020 to 2023, and first-team coach at Carrow Road for the last 16 months.

FLW’s Norwich City fan pundit, Zeke Downes, believes that Pelach is a well-rated young

coach and is a well-liked figure at the club, but is unsure about his credentials to be a number one in the dugout at this stage in his career.

Stoke job may offer Pelach a route out of Norwich

Pelach has experienced a rapid rise from retiring in the Spanish lower leagues at 25-years-old to now being under consideration for a Championship job at 36, and his experiences and opportunities show just how highly-rated he is as a coach, but this would be a big jump to now become a leading man at a club with big aspirations.

Not to mention, the pressure will instantly be on after Stoke’s sacking of Schumacher sent shockwaves throughout English football, and the Potters seem to have identified the Spaniard very quickly after his departure.

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