As a football team, it’s probably safe to say that Norwich City was doing well in the summer of 2013. After finishing in 12th and 11th place the previous two seasons, the Canaries were set to play in the Premier League for the third time in a row, which would pave the way for an interesting transfer window at Carrow Road, as eight new players were added to the squad in the summer market as they looked to improve in the upcoming campaign.Nathan Redmond was one of the players the then-manager of Norwich City, Chris Hughton, was able to add to his squad. Redmond’s reunion with the Canaries was made possible by their move to Carrow Road. In July 2013, it was reported that the Canaries paid £2 million to sign Redmond from Birmingham City, with the possibility that the price would increase to £3.2 million. Prior to the move to Norwich, the winger had played his entire senior career with the Blues, having come through their youth system. The then-19-year-old had made 80 appearances for the Midlands club in all competitions, scoring eight goals and dishing out eleven assists during that period.Redmond had also played under Hughton in that spell at St Andrew’s, thus the move to Norwich allowed him to hook up with one of his old coaches once again
Bringing the winger to Carrow Road, would then ultimately go on to be one that paid off considerably for the Canaries.
Nathan Redmond provided some big contributions for Norwich City
Ultimately, Redmond’s debut campaign at Carrow Road would prove to be a disappointing one for all connected with the club.
Hughton was sacked as Norwich before the end of the season, which would end with the club being relegated from the Premier League back to the Championship, with just eight league wins.
Indeed, Redmond himself would find the net just once during his debut campaign with the Canaries.
Things though, would be rather different in the Championship the following campaign, for both Redmond and Norwich as a whole.
In that 2014/15 campaign, the winger became a key player for the Canaries, with a handful of goals and major flurry of assists helping his side to a third place finish in the final regular season table.