"Most attractive job in the EFL" - Norwich City linked with Birmingham, Sunderland managerial target | OneFootball

Norwich City boss David Wagner was sacked just hours after the club's crushing play-off defeat to Leeds United and former Hull City manager Liam Rosenior has been linked as a potential replacement by The Telegraph.

In the wake of what was an embarrassing result for the Canaries, the German has departed Carrow Road. It's been a very mixed season for the club, with a red-hot start that soon turned icy.

That theme of inconsistency carried on throughout the campaign, but they fought well to make it into the play-offs, despite major injuries to some of their most important players, like Jonathan Rowe, along the way.

The 4-0 loss at Elland Road represented both why Leeds finished on 90 points and what has been wrong with Norwich for a lot of the 23/24 campaign.

There was a massive gulf in class between the two sides, and, across both legs in fairness, City just never seemed to be right. You couldn't bank on them getting it together at any point in either game. These inconsistencies came back to bite them in a big way, at the worst time.

Full attention will now turn to the 24/25 Championship season, and the first port of action should be about who will lead this side.

The former Tigers boss has emerged as a reported candidate but is he a good fit for the job and can they hold off competition from the likes of Birmingham City and Sunderland? Some of the FLW writers have shared their thoughts...

Adam Tiffen

Liam Rosenior has, reportedly, already turned down one job. Plymouth Argyle approached him about taking over the Green Army, but the 39-year-old didn't want the job, as per Alan Nixon.

He has also got suitors up in the North East, as Sunderland look to fill their currently vacant head coaching role.

There are question marks around the former Derby boss. Hull's decision to part ways with Rosenior was based on his style of play. It wasn't an objectively poor one, but, at the same time, it didn't resemble the type of football that the likes of Southampton or Ipswich Town were playing most weeks, or that Leeds played on Thursday night.

His manager of the season nomination came as a bit of a surprise to people too. He'd been given a good budget, and as good of a team to work with, but wasn't solidly in the top six at the time that the candidates were announced. They ended up missing out on the play-off spots to City.

There is certainly a debate to be had about whether he underperformed at the MKM Stadium, and the question for Norwich will be, do they feel that he could do better with their group of players than he did with Hull's? That's where they might not be so sure.

With that said, his age, and the fact that he could develop with the team, as we see so much nowadays with younger bosses, would be a big plus. Even though he didn't reach Hull's goal of a top-six finish, it wasn't a completely awful season.

The concerns over Rosenior should make the Canaries think twice about going for him immediately, but they aren't so worrying that he should be removed from their thought process entirely.

Ned Holmes

Liam Rosenior feels like an obvious candidate for the Norwich City job and it's no surprise that early reports suggest he's on their radar.

He's a young, up-and-coming coach that favours a possession-based style of football and has a good track record of working with young players – all traits that Canaries sporting director Ben Knapper is likely to look for in David Wagner's replacement.

The criticisms of his style of football at Hull were fair, however. It often felt like possession for possession's sake and there was often a lack of incision in the final third, with Rosenior reliant on individual quality – something he was not short on in his squad – to win games.

That said, he is still a young coach and as he continues to develop, his playing style may evolve to be more effective and attractive.

Norwich would be crazy not to bring him in as part of their search for a new manager and you have to think that they are the most attractive option of the EFL clubs looking for a manager right now.

Sunderland's youth-focussed strategy can shackle a coach, as it did Tony Mowbray at times, while Plymouth Argyle are likely to be battling for survival again next term and Birmingham City are in League One.

The Canaries are a team with bonafide Premier League aspirations and some talented players in a squad that the club chiefs will be looking to rebuild this summer – it's the most attractive job in the EFL right now.