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title: "Norwich confirm signing of Duda on loan"
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# Norwich confirm signing of Duda on loan

Norwich have[officially](https://www.canaries.co.uk/News/2020/january/norwich-city-sign-slovakia-international-ondrej-duda/) confirmed the signing of Slovakian international Ondrej Duda on loan from Hertha Berlin for the remainder of the season.

Duda has been training with his new teammates at Colney and [taken](https://www.canaries.co.uk/News/2020/january/norwich-city-sign-slovakia-international-ondrej-duda/)the number 25 shirt, previously worn by Onel Hernandez during the last campaign.

> Twitter: We are delighted to confirm the signing of Ondrej Duda on a six-month loan deal from Hertha Berlin! 🙌 (@NorwichCityFC)

He becomes Norwich’s first signing of the January transfer window, with the club currently rooted to the bottom of the Premier League.

![Ian Walton/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readnorwich.com/readnorwich/2020/01/539414376.jpg)

### READ NORWICH VERDICT

Norwich have struggled in the number 10 position this season, with Marco Stiepermann and Kenny McLean [managing](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/168/Show/England-Norwich)one goal and one assist between them. You need to be more productive to win games, especially in the Premier League, and it has cost Norwich in recent weeks. McLean [missed](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/168/Show/England-Norwich)one-on-one’s against Wolves and Arsenal in December, whilst also hitting the bar with a good chance against Crystal Palace – Norwich [failing](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/168/Show/England-Norwich)to win any of those games.

Stiepermann, on the other hand, has [registered](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/168/Show/England-Norwich) zero goals and zero assists in the Premier League, having been Norwich’s first-choice attacking midfielder last season. Duda now comes in after [scoring](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/115257/Show/Ondrej-Duda)11 and assisting five in the Bundesliga last season, which suggests that he will be able to come in and offer more of a threat than the aforementioned Stiepermann and McLean in the number 10 role for City. This means that, on paper, Duda could be a very good signing for Daniel Farke’s side.