Soccer-Norwich cannot be Premier League tourists, says sporting director

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(Reuters) - Struggling Norwich City are in danger of being branded 'Premier League tourists' if they cannot start putting some points on the board, says sporting director Stuart Webber.

The Norfolk club have managed only two points from their opening nine games on their return to the top flight and look on course for a second relegation in three seasons.

"We can't go into games writing them off as 'oh, we've got no chance in that game.' There's no point fighting as hard to get in this league if that's going to be our mentality. Saturday against Chelsea was unacceptable, and we have to own that." "We've invested heavily in the squad and heavily in the infrastructure and heavily in our staff to give us the best opportunity to fight to stay in this league.

"We all deserve whatever we got for ," he said."But where I do struggle is some of the stuff that's been said about the club that's just not factually correct: that 'we haven't had a go', 'we've not spent', 'we don't deserve to be in the Premier League' -- we're the eleventh highest spenders in Europe. I'd say that's pretty disrespectful to our 22,000 season ticket holders and the history of this club.

 

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