Daniel Farke clearly wanted to get something off his chest. What started as a question about the absence of Emiliano Buendia and Todd Cantwell turned into an eight-minute monologue of frustration.
'I just hope this bloody transfer window will close soon because [only] some players are capable of dealing with this. Max Aarons is the role model. But some are affected by all this,' said the Norwich boss.
The fact Farke highlighted Aarons as the good guy is significant. The 20-year-old right-back could easily have become hopelessly distracted in recent days.
Norwich right-back Max Aarons has been linked with Barcelona, Bayern Munich and others in recent days as the young Englishman turns heads with his performances
News that Barcelona were interested in taking Aarons on loan for the season dropped on the morning of Norwich's home game against Preston North End on September 19.