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Norwich City are Proving Money Isn't Everything in Quest for Promotion Back to the Premier League

Championship top scorer, a 2x Championship Player of the Month, and November's Manager of the Month. By anyone's standards, Norwich City are having a fine season. Top of the table with just nine games remaining, they are many bookmakers' favourites for promotion.

The Canaries' turnaround has been remarkable. After star man James Maddison was sold to Premier League Leicester City for a club-record £24m in the summer, Norwich spent less than £5m on a number of players designed to strengthen the squad, aiming to share around the goals lost from the departure of last season's talisman.

They declined to throw the sort of money around that has seen the likes of Britt Assombalonga and Scott Hogan move for hefty sums in recent years, choosing to remain frugal after parachute payments ended following relegation in 2016.