Southampton 3 Norwich 0: Ronald Koeman insists Victor Wanyama will still be a Southampton player when the summer transfer window closes on Tuesday evening despite the former Celtic man telling the Dutchman he wants leave St Mary’s.

With Gibraltar v Ireland on September 4 regarded by many – if not Martin O’Neill – as a foregone conclusion, there will almost be as much interest from Irish supporters in the Georgia v Scotland and Germany v Poland games which also take place in European Championship Group D on the same day.

First there was the Great Escape, then last season an almost equally implausible sequel.

Sunderland head coach Dick Advocaat admitted there was “something wrong” with his team after seeing them slip to a second comprehensive defeat in as many weeks.

PREMIER LEAGUE RESULTS: Sunderland 1-3 Norwich, Swansea 2-0 Newcastle, Tottenham 2-2 Stoke, Watford 0-0 West Brom, West Ham 1-2 Leicester

Norwich 2 Middlesbrough 0: Manager Alex Neil refused to get carried away after guiding Norwich back into the Premier League and securing a £130 million (€183 million) promotion jackpot with a 2-0 victory over Middlesbrough at Wembley which continued his own meteoric rise in the dugout.

Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths and Dundee ‘keeper Scott Bain have been called up to the Scotland squad for their Euro 2016 qualifier against Ireland at the Aviva Stadium on June 13.

International Friendly

Scotland 1 England 3

EURO 2016 GROUP D QUALIFIER:

All sound and fury, no pause for thought — and certainly none of the craft that Shaun Maloney and Scotland displayed.

Scotland 1 Republic of Ireland 0

EURO 2016 Group D Qualifier

Poland 2 Scotland 2

Manchester United 4 Norwich 0

Hugo Rodallega's first-half goal was enough to give Fulham a crucial victory in their pursuit of Premier League survival and condemn Neil Adams to defeat in his first game as Norwich manager.

Sunderland 0 Norwich 0

Norwich 1 Swansea 1

Villa boss Paul Lambert recalled Ciaran Clark in to the centre of his defence for his return to Carrow Road.

The post Gareth Bale era at Tottenham started with a bang as Christian Eriksen dazzled on his debut in an easy win over Norwich.

Macedonia 1 Scotland 2

Norwich 1 Southampton 0

Daniel Sturridge scored twice as Liverpool survived a major scare against Notts County at Anfield to book their place in the third round of the Capital One Cup, winning 4-2 after extra-time.

Ian Holloway saw his Premier League new boys Crystal Palace embarrassed by League One Bristol City in the Capital One Cup at Ashton Gate tonight.

Norwich 6 Bury 3

Hull 1 Norwich 0

Southampton manager Mauricio Pochettino expressed his confidence in Luke Shaw, Calum Chambers and James Ward-Prowse after the trio of 18-year-olds helped Saints to a 1-0 victory at West Brom.

Norwich 2 Everton 2

Rickie Lambert applied a Roy of the Rovers finish to a comic strip kind of game as England edged an exciting battle with Scotland at Wembley tonight.

Man City 2 Norwich 3

Manchester City 2 Norwich 3

Arsenal 3 Norwich City 1

Norwich midfielder Jonny Howson has recovered from the illness which kept him out of the Newcastle game last weekend.

Declan Rudd is set to get his chance in goal as Norwich manager Chris Hughton prepares to ring the changes in the FA Cup third-round tie with Peterborough.

Norwich midfielder Bradley Johnson will serve a one-match ban for the Barclays Premier League trip to West Ham on New Year’s Day after collecting a fifth yellow card.

Norwich manager Chris Hughton is braced for a “formidable” St Stephen's Day challenge from a Chelsea side he believes could still be in the hunt for the Barclays Premier League title.

Grant Holt is back in training after overcoming a hamstring injury and is set for a return to the Norwich side for their St Stephen's Day clash with Chelsea.

Norwich 2 Wigan 1

Swansea City 3 Norwich City 4

Reading 0 Norwich 0

Republic of Ireland winger Anthony Pilkington (back) has returned to training and could be in contention for Norwich's trip to Premier League leaders Chelsea.

Robin van Persie tops the Premier League transfers so far this summer. Here are this summer's confirmed deals so far:

Norwich are hopeful midfielders Wes Hoolahan (Achilles) and Anthony Pilkington (hamstring) will be in the squad for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League opener at Fulham.

Arsene Wenger has played it cool on reports that the Gunners have agreed a loan deal for Real Madrid midfielder Nuri Sahin.