“He certainly is good enough for the Premier League” – Norwich City enter transfer race for 22-year-old: The verdict

This article is part of Football League World’s ‘The Verdict‘ series, which provides personal opinions from the FLW writers regarding the latest breaking news, teams, players, managers, potential signings and more…

Premier League Norwich City have joined the race to recruit Blackpool winger Josh Bowler, as per a report from TEAMtalk.

The 22-year-old has been the subject of interest from numerous teams in recent months, with Nottingham Forest thought to have been in pole position to land the ex-Everton man back in January after launching multiple bids for his services.

However, Steve Cooper’s men failed to secure his signature and this has enabled other clubs to enter the running for Bowler who has recorded four goals and three assists in 32 Championship appearances this term, playing a considerable part in making the Seasiders a solid Championship side this season following their promotion from the third tier.

Dean Smith’s side face considerable competition in their potential quest to recruit the 22-year-old though, with Forest, AFC Bournemouth, Brentford and Leicester City also monitoring his situation at Bloomfield Road.

From Norwich’s point of view though, would he be a good addition? And is he ready to take the step up to the top tier?

We asked three of our Football League World writers for their verdict on these two key questions.

Toby Wilding

This feels like a very good signing for Norwich if they can get this deal done.

Bowler has been outstanding in the Championship for Blackpool so far this season, seemingly finally realising the potential that he has seemingly shown for quite some time now.

With that in mind, you get the feeling that Bowler could be someone who could certainly make things happen for the