Norwich City have been given permission to talk to the Birmingham City manager, Chris Hughton, as they step up the search for a successor to Paul Lambert.

Norwich asked Birmingham for the go-ahead to talk to the former Newcastle boss, which was "reluctantly" given by officials at St Andrew's.

The Birmingham acting chairman, Peter Pannu, said: "Chris is a great manager and deserves the opportunity to speak to Norwich, which is why we have granted him permission to speak to them."
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