Josh Sargent is now being punished by Norwich Metropolis supervisor Philippe Clement after making him unavailable for final weekend’s FA Cup tie.
Sargent is not going to be within the Canaries’ squad for Saturday’s EFL Championship highway showdown with Wrexham, Clement confirmed in his prematch press convention Friday. The American has additionally been lowered to coaching with the Beneath-21’s, Clement additionally confirmed.
“Josh has been coaching with the Beneath-21s, what he has executed just isn’t acceptable. We need to concentrate on the gamers accessible and get us out of the place we’re in at the moment. There’s not far more to concentrate on now aside from Wrexham and getting outcomes,” Clement mentioned in a membership press convention. “You may solely management the controllable. That may additionally occur with accidents. It occurred when he had a concussion and different individuals stepped up and we received outcomes. It relies on him.
“I’ve mentioned it already a number of occasions; this membership is in a relegation battle and everybody is concentrated on popping out of this example,” he added. I don’t have any concern about distraction within the squad. They’re all working exhausting in angle, in group spirit, to get outcomes.”
Sargent was scheduled to be a part of the Canaries’ eventual 5-1 win over Walsall final Sunday earlier than reportedly informing Clement that he could be unavailable. The U.S. males’s nationwide group ahead was lately linked with a reported $18 million transfer to MLS membership Toronto FC, however Clement later said that the membership wouldn’t let Sargent go away the membership in the course of the January Switch Window.
Nottingham Forest has additionally reportedly expressed curiosity in Sargent’s companies this winter because the membership seeks to maneuver itself away from the relegation scrap within the English Premier League.
The 25-year-old joined Norwich Metropolis again in August 2021 from German facet Werder Bremen and has tallied 56 objectives in 157 appearances for the Canaries. Sargent has been one of many high goalscorers within the EFL Championship over that point, however his inconsistent 2025-26 marketing campaign has led to Jovon Makama leaping into a number one function for the Canaries.
Norwich Metropolis’s busy January schedule continues at Stok Cae Ras on Saturday earlier than the Canaries tackle West Bromwich Albion, Coventry Metropolis, and Middlesbrough after that.
Whether or not Sargent stays a Norwich Metropolis participant stays to be seen, however definitely the membership would like to have him get out of the relegation zone by season’s finish.