- The summer transfer window officially opens for business next month.
- Philippe Clement and Ben Knapper have some big decisions to make.
- There are several players who could be sent out on loan next season.
Norwich City chiefs Ben Knapper and Philippe Clement have a lot of big decisions to make on the squad in the upcoming summer transfer window.
It is no secret that the Canaries are gearing up to push for promotion next season and that means that some players may have to move on from Norfolk to make ways for new signings.
There are some players who would be better off going out on loan, though, rather than being sold or staying around the group as squad options.
Errol Mundle-Smith
Read Norwich have already suggested that a loan move for Errol Mundle-Smith could be the best next step for his development.
The 20-year-old forward played 13 times off the bench for the Canaries in the Championship in the 2025/26 campaign, but did not start a single match in any competition.
Mundle-Smith showed signs of promise in those matches, catching the eye with his electric pace, and looks to be a player with real potential.
Norwich do not want to stunt his development, though, and that is why sending him out on loan to a Championship or League One side to play regular football could be the smart play.
Vicente Reyes
Vicente Reyes has had a strange career in English football. He seemed to start well at Forest Green Rovers and Cambridge in the EFL as a very young goalkeeper.
However, the Chile international then struggled as a stand-in for Norwich under Johannes Hoff Thorup last season and then went out on loan to Peterborough United and only played seven games.
Reyes returned to Norfolk in January and was not sent out on loan for the second half of the campaign, and spent the rest of the season watching games from the stands.
At 22, he is still incredibly young in goalkeeper terms and should be sent out on loan to gain further experience next term, hopefully to a team that is willing to make him their number one option.
Lucien Mahovo
Lucien Mahovo is a terrific young left-back with Premier League potential, but the fitness issues are impossible to ignore.
Since he made his league debut for Norwich in January 2025, Mahovo has played 729 minutes of Championship action across 14 games.
Remarkably, Mahovo created four ‘big chances’ in those 729 minutes, with his sublime left-footed deliveries into the box, which is why it is such a shame that he has not been able to stay fit.
With a left-back signing on the cards for Norwich this summer, sending the 20-year-old out on loan in the hope that he gains fitness and plays regularly could be for the best.
That would then leave the new signing and Ben Chrisene to battle it out for the starting berth next season.
Gabe Forsyth
Another player who is in a similar position to Mahovo is central midfielder Gabe Forsyth, who has been out since November 2024 after sustaining a knee injury against Cardiff.
The Scottish youngster made five appearances and started twice under Thorup at the start of the 2024/25 campaign, before his injury troubles began.
Forsyth looked like a top talent in his first few senior appearances for the club, but he has suffered setback after setback since then and only recently got back out on the grass.
It would be a big ask for him to emerge as a key player for Norwich in a promotion push next term after his long spell on the sidelines, which is why a loan move to a lower league could be best for him.
Mathias Kvistgaarden
This one is the most interesting situation for Norwich because Mathias Kvistgaarden seems to be in limbo heading into next season.
The Canaries paid £6.9m to sign the Denmark international from Brondby last summer, but with the intention to play him as a second striker behind or alongside Josh Sargent or Jovon Makama.
After Philippe Clement replaced Liam Manning and switched to a 4-2-3-1 formation, Kvistgaarden looked out of place in the new system as an undersized centre-forward.
It now remains to be seen whether or not any teams would be willing to give Norwich their £6.9m back or help them to make a profit on him after a return of six goals in the Championship.
It may make sense for the Canaries to loan him out for the season with an option or obligation to buy for £7m or more next summer, in the hope that he excels away from England and increase his value.
That would then allow Knapper and Clement to bring in a new striker without having to take an instant loss on the Dane by selling him in the coming months.
