Aston Villa in talks with Championship club over transfer for forward
Lewis Dobbin spent the second half of last season on loan at Norwich City
Norwich City are in talks with Aston Villa over extending Lewis Dobbin’s loan.
The 22-year-old, who joined Villa from Everton for £10m last summer, spent the first half of the season on loan at West Bromwich Albion.
When that stint didn’t work out, he was sent to Carrow Road in January.
Dobbin found the net in a 5-1 win over Swansea City at the end of January and scored again in a 4-2 victory over Stoke City.
In the following game against Blackburn Rovers at the start of March, which was his 10th league appearance for Norwich, he was forced off injured in the first half with an calf problem.
Soon after, it was revealed that Dobbin would miss the rest of the campaign.
Norwich sacked manager Johannes Hoff Thorup last month following a disappointing run of results, but he made it clear that he would like to extend Dobbin’s stay in Norfolk.
"Of course," he said when asked if he'd like the Villa loanee to stay two months ago. "We have to wait and see what happens this summer."
"For him, he could see that he was developing, and he was doing it quickly. He was actually doing very, very well here towards the end, based on 10 games, which is positive. I think what he gave to the team in many ways was really positive."
"We will sit down with him, his agents, and his representatives to discuss whether there are any opportunities for him to stay with us, continue, or be here on loan next season. I think it's realistic that we have those conversations.”
Norwich announced their released and retained list on Tuesday and said: "Discussions remain ongoing with Aston Villa and Lewis Dobbin over a potential extension to his loan deal."
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