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Will Still in shock talks with Championship club as he targets first manager job in England

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WILL STILL is in talks with Norwich City as he targets his first managerial role in England.

The Championship club are looking for a new manager after axing David Wagner following the crushing 4-0 play-off second-leg loss to Leeds.

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Norwich has been in talks with former Reims manager Will StillCredit: Getty

The former Reims boss visited Norwich’s Lotus training ground earlier this week.

But SunSport understands four other candidates are expected to be consulted.

The line-up of targets includes former AZ Alkmaar boss Pascal Jansen and Arsenal assistant Carlos Cuesta.

But Norwich’s sporting director Ben Knapper has previously dealt with Still when he was Arsenal’s loans manager as ex-Gunners talent Folarin Balogun was playing under Still in the 2022-23 season.

The 31-year-old took charge of the French club, where he was previously assistant to Oscar Garcia, in October 2022 with the side languishing in the midst of a Ligue 1 relegation fight.

However, he led them to a 19-game unbeaten run and an 11th-placed finish.

But shortly before the end of the season, the French side announced his departure having won two of their last 14 games.

Still was born in Belgium to English parents and admitted that his love of coaching was born through playing the much-loved Football Manager game.

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His first gig was at Preston’s Myerscough College where he got the chance to coach North End’s U14 side.

He then got in touch with Belgium contacts football asking if there were any opportunities.

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Then club Sint-Truiden came up trumps – offering him work as an opposition analyst.

Still took various jobs from 2017 – including roles at Standard Liege and second division Lierse.

At 24, Liege promoted him to be their head coach – however, when the club went into financial difficulty he was forced to leave.

A short stint at Beerschot was followed by talk of him teaming up with Vincent Kompany at Anderlecht.

But he then made his way to France to be Garcia’s righthand man on a short-term deal.

Earlier this season he was spotted watching his beloved West Ham in action at the London Stadium – leading to fans calling him a “dream” replacement for David Moyes.

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