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Exclusive: Gremio and Danish Duo Midtjylland, Nordsjælland Eye Move for Norwich’s Emiliano Marcondes
Norwich City's Emiliano Marcondes is attracting interest from European clubs, despite being happy at Carrow Road. With clubs in Serie A and Denmark monitoring his contract, talks over his future are expected soon. The midfielder has had a successful career, playing a key role in back-to-back Premier League promotions.
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Norwich City’s Emiliano Marcondes is on the radar of a number of European clubs, SportsBoom can exclusively reveal.
The midfielder, 30, is contracted at Carrow Road until next summer after the club exercised an option to extend his deal for an extra year at the end of last season.
But our sources have been told there are at least a trio of outfits on the continent monitoring his contract situation at the Championship club.
Gremio FBPA in Serie A are interested in the central midfielder and were prepared to offer him a deal win the summer before his one-year contract extension was triggered by the Canaries.
And are sources also understand Superliga sides Midtylland and Nordsjælland are keeping tabs on the Danish central midfielder with a view of giving him the chance to end his career back home.
Our sources understand Marcondes is happy at Norwich and would be open to continuing his stay at the club.
Talks over the player's future at Carrow Road are expected to get underway in the coming months.
Back-to-back Premier League Promotions
Marcondes, who was capped from U17 to U21 level by Denmark without fulfilling his international dreams, started his carer at Nordsjælland.
He spent four years in the first team at the club and won the Superliga Player of the Year award at the Danish Football Awards in 2017.
Marcondes moved to Championship Brentford in 2018, but struggled with injuries during his first season at the club.
He went on loan to Midtylland in 2019 and won the Superliga title with the club before returning to the Bees.
Marcondes played a big part in Brentford’s Premier League promotion in the 2020/21 campaign and scored the second goal at Wembley as they beat Swansea City in the play-off final.
After the club earned promotion, Marcondes went on a free transfer to Bournemouth and secured a second successive Premier League promotion.
He had loans at former employers Nordsjælland and Hibernian before moving to Carrow Road in 2024.
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