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Can 34-year-old Neil keep Canaries in the top flight?
KADEEM SIMMONDS thinks it could be a difficult season for Norwich

NORWICH are back in the Premier League at the first time of asking following their hammering of Middlesbrough at Wembley in the play-off final.

But manager Alex Neil will be hoping that the club can finally become a mainstay in England’s top flight.

For too long, the club have yoyoed between the Championship and Premier League, never quite able to cut it with the big boys but too big to sit with the little kids in the division below.

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