Paul Lambert has handed the Norwich board a list of transfer targets for January, but is wary about paying inflated prices for players.
Norwich boss expects inflated prices in transfer window
Paul Lambert has handed the Norwich City board a list of transfer targets for January, but is wary about paying inflated prices for players.
Norwich have enjoyed a solid start to life back in the Premier League and Lambert is keen to build on the foundations laid in the first half of the season.
Though the Canaries sit higher in the table than the other two promoted clubs, Lambert's side have yet to keep a clean sheet in 17 games ahead of Tuesday's visit of Tottenham Hotspur.
Lambert hopes to improve his options in the New Year, but the Norwich boss accepts landing those individuals to fit in with the wage structure and current squad ethic could prove testing.
Box clever
"I have told the club the players I would like to try and get in," said Lambert.
"We have to box clever with what we are trying to do. It is up to the club to try and sort something out."
Lambert expects tackling the January sales to be no different this year from when he was trying to guide the club back up from first League One and then the Championship.
"You still have the same problems," said the former Borussia Dortmund midfielder.
"It is hard during the January window because nobody wants to sell their better players and price inflation goes really high."
Despite Norwich producing some impressive displays to chalk up five wins and six draws, Lambert maintains there is still a long way to go before anyone at Carrow Road can be patting themselves on the back at a job well done.
"I have never tried to predict anything that is going to happen," said Lambert.
"I am a realist and we will do everything we can to stay in this league.
"Everyone before the season thought we would be bottom by now and it has not happened, so we will keep striving to stay in the league."
