New Norwich City captain Grant Hanley has said that is is a “huge honour” to be given the captain’s armband, he has told the official Canaries website.
The 26-year-old was gifted the captaincy for Norwich last week and will lead the side out for their Sky Bet Championship opener at Birmingham City this Saturday.
The Scottish international defender previously obtained the captains armband whilst at Blackburn Rovers and says that he will be to use his previous captaincy experience to help him this time round with Norwich.
It’s a huge honour. It’s something that I’ve done before earlier on in my career but to be named captain at a club like this – I’m over the moon.
I was quite young at the time [when I was last captain]. Sometimes it can be tough but you’ve got to try not to think about it too much.
You just have to do what’s best for the lads really and try and take the team forward.
Hanley went on to describe the type of club captain that he will be.
I’m quite vocal. I’m not the type of captain who’s going to drag the boys through by scoring goals.
But I like to organise the boys and be vocal like that. It’s not going to change me too much on the pitch.
I think if you let it change you, it can put a lot more pressure on you. I think I’ll just stay the same as I was but I know I’ll have that bit of added responsibility on my shoulders.
Norwich’s new captain went on to describe the tough week in training that the squad have had ahead of the start of the new season this weekend.
The boss said at the start of the week: ‘That’s pre-season finished now and our focus is Birmingham.
It’s only natural that the intensity has gone up. You’ll see that wherever you go.
The lads know that there might be a chance to squeeze into the starting eleven if they train well this week.
The competition is healthy and it only pushes the lads on even more.
