Hughton to investigate want-away Hoolahan comments

Norwich manager Chris Hughton will investigate reports want-away midfielder Wes Hoolahan made derogatory remarks about the Canaries ahead of a media conference yesterday afternoon.

Hoolahan’s transfer request has been rejected following on from a bid by Aston Villa, managed by former Canaries boss Paul Lambert, which was turned down.

The Republic of Ireland international is understood to have been involved in a brief off-air exchange with a television reporter, witnessed by her cameraman, in a separate area of the club’s Colney training complex where they were preparing for a different interview, during which Hoolahan allegedly used expletives to describe his current employers.