During his tenure as Norwich City’s manager, Daniel Farke had a respectable track record in the transfer market.
When Farke was named Alex Neil’s permanent replacement in May 2017, he was a relative unknown at Carrow Road, having only managed in Germany’s lower leagues before, but he undoubt
Farke’s success was largely attributed to his recruitment efforts, which were aided by sporting director Stuart Webber. During his tenure, Tim Krul, Christoph Zimmermann, Mario Vrancic, Kenny McLean, Marco Stiepermann, Emi Buendia, and Teemu Pukki joined the Canaries and quickly became ardent supporters.
Ben Marshall, a winger, will go down as one of the players that Webber and Farke did not always get right in the transfer market.
Norwich City‘s signing of Ben Marshall did not pan out.
edly had a significant influence.
The German won two Championship titles for Norwich in 2019 and 2021 after a poor debut season. Although he was unable to keep the team in the Premier League, he will always be remembered with affection in Norfolk.
Farke managed a rebuild in the summer of 2018 following the team’s 14th-place performance in his first season as manager. Marshall joined Krul, Buendia, and Pukki in moving to Carrow Road.
Marshall signed a four-year contract with Norwich after leaving Wolverhampton Wanderers for a fee of £1.5 million. Considering that he had proven himself at the Championship level over the years, he appeared to be an intriguing addition to the team at a reasonable cost.
Statistics for Ben Marshall before moving to Norwich City (per Transfermarkt)
| Club | Appearances | Goals | Assists |
| Northampton Town (loan) | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| Cheltenham Town (loan) | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Carlisle United (loan) | 61 | 8 | 8 |
| Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 22 | 5 | 6 |
| Leicester City | 61 | 9 | 18 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 140 | 15 | 12 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | 2 | 4 |
| Millwall (loan) | 32 | 4 | 5 |
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