Canaries keen on Riordan
Norwich manager Peter Grant has voiced his desire to bring Celtic striker Derek Riordan to Carrow Road – if the player becomes available.
The 23-year-old Scotland international has made just four appearances for the Hoops since moving from Hibernian in the summer.
Grant told the Daily Record: “I like him and I’d definitely be interested if Celtic said he was available.
“I haven’t made official contact with Gordon Strachan but I really liked Derek at Hibs and came up to watch him a few times when Tony Mowbray was in charge at Easter Road.”
He added: “The Hibs team shapes up the way I like Norwich to play and Riordan would fit in the way he did at Easter Road.
“I don’t believe that Derek’s become a bad player overnight because he can’t get a game at Celtic Park. There are reasons to explain that away.
“If a manager has a team who are 15 points in front it might be that the player ahead of Derek in the queue for a game can’t be left out.
“It doesn’t mean Riordan is not worthy of a place in the side. It means the man who’s already in the team is doing his job properly.
“Derek has great qualities and I’d have to be stupid not to be interested if Celtic wanted to enter into any kind of deal.”
