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Norwich City striker Josip Drmic feels he was blamed for the club’s demotion from the Premier League and has therefore been exiled from Norfolk and told to find a new club.
The 28-year-old was told he was above the Championship pre-season requirements as Canarias looked to change their squad after the disappointing way they ended their top flight season.
Drmic, along with Moritz Leitner and Tom Trybull, were told to look for new clubs after one-on-one meetings with the higher ups on Carrow Road. The arrival of Jordan Hugill and the promotion of Adam Idah to the first team caused the Swiss international to fall in the hierarchical order of the club.
The forward now hopes to find a new club during this January transfer window, but remains unhappy with his deal at Norwich.
The Swiss international is looking for a new club.
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“At first, I thought a lot and wondered what I had done wrong,” Drmic told German media Bild.
“I was always correct, punctual with my training, professional, and I worked extra shifts. The heads of all my former clubs would confirm it. I also scored important goals, for example in the FA Cup, where we kicked Tottenham out.
“It was probably because we were relegated and they blamed me for that. The only explanation I could find for the association’s behavior is: They want to take me off the payroll. But all these thoughts are now useless. I quickly erase myself -Doubt. I have often been recovered from seemingly hopeless situations, for example after my cartilage damage in 2017.
“Although many had already written me off and said my professional career was over. It’s the same this time. My career is not over yet. I have now won 21 Premier League matches. There are still many goals in me.”
Drmic scored once in City’s Premier League campaign and also scored the draw when Canarias knocked out Spurs in the fifth round of the FA Cup in March. His Norfolk career ended on a sour note after he was sent off against Burnley in July.
As City charted their route back to the top flight, Drmic was not considered part of their plans and the forward believes they did not give him an explanation as to why; saying that they only told him not to contact his colleagues and that they forced him to train with the U-23s.
“Neither coach Daniel Farke nor sports director Stuart Webber gave me a real reason. In the summer they just told me that I could no longer play and train with the first team because they no longer planned with me.
“I was forbidden to contact professional colleagues, I even had to change in a separate booth for the players who had been selected. I often sat there alone.
“Still, I was not disappointed, I saw the training sessions and the matches with the U23 as an opportunity to recommend myself. But in September I was banned from playing for the second team. They told me:” You should not take your place away from a child.
“In doing so, those responsible took everything from me. Just being able to train was very difficult and at some point, I couldn’t bear this situation anymore. I was the unwanted person, they no longer accepted me as a professional. It feels like you went to a restaurant and got turned away at the door because of your clothes. So I just wanted to get away from it all. “
Josip Drmic doesn’t think he was given a reason why he didn’t like him in Norwich City.
While the future of Drmic is uncertain, he expects a fresh start with a new club within the next month.
“I am realistic and I say it very clearly: it does not matter if it is Germany, England, Italy, I just want to go back to the field, I want to measure myself again with the others.”
