Don't you just love it when a plan comes together?
Manager Daniel Farke, sporting director Stuart Webber and co-owner Delia Smith would have been forgiven if they were smugly asking each other that very question in the Carrow Road corridors amid the promotion party.
There was plenty of scoffing about Norwich’s failure to have a real go at staying up last season, when they finished bottom in the Premier League and took relegation in their stride.
Norwich confirmed they will return to the Premier League next season on Saturday evening
But it was simply what they had prepared for and almost expected — with the end goal that they would be better-placed to return instantly and in a much healthier position.