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title: "Ex-Liverpool and Stoke star linked with Norwich City"
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published: "2015-08-18T12:37:46Z"
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# Ex-Liverpool and Stoke star linked with Norwich City

According to reports in the *[Mirror](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/former-liverpool-winger-oussama-assaidi-6273191)*, Moroccan International Oussama Assaidi could be on his way to Carrow Road.

The former Liverpool man now plays for Al-Ahli Dubai in the Middle East, but is apparently unsettled thanks to soaring desert temperatures and is now trying to force a move back to Europe.

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Assaidi signed for the Reds in 2012 from Dutch club Heerenveen for a fee of £2.5m. He went on to make 12 appearances for Liverpool before joining Stoke on loan in 2013.

After a successful first season at the Britannia, which included a superb winning volley against Chelsea, he renewed his loan spell in the Potteries at the beginning of last season, however after failing to hold down a starting spot, he cut the loan short and joined the Dubai based club.

The *[Mirror](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/former-liverpool-winger-oussama-assaidi-6273191)* suggests that Norwich could be willing to bring Assaidi back to England on a loan deal, increasing competition for starting places for Nathan Redmond and summer signing Robbie Brady.