Grant Holt, Steven Whittaker and Jacob Butterfield have put pen to paper and signed new deals with Norwich City Football Club.
Butterfield and Whittaker are new acquisitions while club captain and striker Holt has signed an extension that ties him to the club till 2015.
Jacob Butterfield is new manager Chris Hughton’s second signing of the summer. The former Barnsley captain joined the Canaries after a five-year spell at Oakwell and signed a four-year contract with Norwich. Butterfield was unveiled at a press conference
yesterday afternoon.
Butterfield is a midfielder by trait, and played 100 games for Barnsley. He scored eight goals for the Tykes and his form saw the player become an http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 Under-21 international in November.
Butterfield said that he is looking forward to a bright career at Carrow Road.
"I am absolutely delighted, Norwich is a big Club and did fantastic in the Premier League last season and after speaking to Chris [Hughton] about how much he wanted to bring me here to the Club he really sold it to me," he said.
"I'm really looking forward to getting on now and working under the gaffer. I spoke to him several times and was really impressed with him; his knowledge of football is second to none.”
Former Newcastle manager http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chris-c9006 Hughton is delighted to land the English midfielder and is looking forward to working with him.
"He caught my eye not only last season, but in previous seasons. His form last year was a very good period for him and for anybody who didn't know about him before; he certainly would've caught their eye last season.”
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Whittaker-c34215 at the press conference. Whittaker spoke to local and national press for the first time since he joined the club on a free transfer.
Grant Holt was also present at the conference as he committed his future to the club until 2015, despite transfer speculation linking him with a move to Aston Villa where former boss http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paul-c29347 Lambert was eager to reunite with him.
Norwich were the surprise package of last season's newly promoted teams and will look to improve on their twelfth place finish in the league last season.
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