It was a pure speculative comment on The Athletic by the Norwich jouno given Bowen's links with the club;
Who will be taking over from Webber at Norwich?
Norwich are conducting an external process to find them. Webber had maintained from early in his tenure that he would be part of that succession planning to ensure the club was left in the best possible hands following his inevitable departure.
We do at least know who it won’t be. It won’t be Neil Adams, who was appointed assistant sporting director by Webber in September 2021. To some at the time, that was viewed as Adams being groomed for the full role when the time came. Norwich said he is moving into a newly created position of technical director.
It also won’t be Kieran Scott, who has been head of football at Championship rivals Middlesbrough since leaving his head of recruitment role at Norwich in August 2021. It was six months earlier — during an in-depth in-house podcast — that Scott publicly revealed he wished to be considered as Webber’s potential successor, ahead of what at the time looked like being a summer 2022 handover.
Who could it be then? Well, let’s throw a few darts. Former Burnley technical director Mike Rigg has previously had a tight relationship with Webber while at Norwich. Steve Hitchen, Tottenham’s former director of technical performance, is also currently available and was a guest of Webber at a Norwich fixture last season. Or for those who like sentimentality, there’s Mark Bowen, who has been head of football operations at Reading for more than a year.
It could also be that current head coach David Wagner will get a say in who replaces Webber. Wagner’s experience in Europe could open Norwich to potential fresh candidates and Webber may feel he owes Wagner a degree of influence in the decision given he could potentially be leaving the head coach he appointed to fend for himself in the coming month.
https://theathletic.com/4607081/2023/06/14/stuart-webber-norwich-city-departure/
