Wagner has done well to turn the tide, but is he the club’s long-term solution"
Some big decisions await Ben Knapper. And when I say big, I mean huge. Massive.
He opted to keep his powder relatively dry in January, as he explained to the local media a couple of weeks ago ? a decision that appears sensible in hindsight ? but will have no such luxury in the summer.
The most obvious conundrum awaiting Master Knapper is, of course, around the position of head coach.
Does he stick with David Wagner, or does he opt to take this club in a different direction, one that may involve him briefly returning to London Colney where sits, alongside Mikel Arteta, a young man by the name of Carlos Cuesta"
Last week, The Guardian’s Ed Aarons and PA Media’s Nick Mashiter broke the story and some cursory digging revealed it to be more just a speculative Arsenal/2-plus-2 type rumour. But it?s very early days, and even if Cuesta is open to a move away from deepest Hertfordshire, there will be plenty of other suitors in addition to Norwich City.
There?s also the small matter, regardless of Knapper?s view, of whether those in power at Carrow Road would be willing to sanction the handing of a P45 to Wagner. It would come at a significant cost and therefore, to a club that?s teetering on the brink, approval would need to be sought to make such a decision.
Those holding the purse strings may deem it a financial risk too many at this stage. And we already know that Delia Smith and Michael Wynn-Jones have gone out of their way to throw a protectiv...
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