NORWICH CITY have officially announced Alex Neil as their new manager.

The Hamilton Accies boss had been in talks with the Carrow Road club over the last few days as speculation grew that his time at New Douglas Park was close to being at an end.

And it was confirmed this morning that the man who brought Hamilton up to the SPFL Premiership in the summer via the play-offs before guiding them into their current third place has now flown the nest to join the Canaries.

"I'm absolutely delighted to have the opportunity to manage a club of the stature of Norwich - it's an exciting challenge at a huge club and one that I'm looking forward to," Neil told the Norwich website.

"I've watched a lot of Premier League and Championship football over the years and I've always been really impressed with Carrow Road and the Norwich fans and the way they get the place going when they get behind the team.

"It's a forward-thinking club with a fantastic infrastructure and big ambition, which matches my own ambitions.

"Of course I'm sad to leave Hamilton, a brilliant club which has been such a huge part of my life for so long. But when an opportunity as exciting as this with a Club like Norwich comes your way, you take it.

"The aim now is simply to win as many games as possible and move Norwich City up the table."

Norwich Chief Executive David McNally added: "We're delighted that Alex has agreed to become Norwich City's new manager and we hope he's here for a long time.

"It was important for us to have somebody who had the drive, ambition and commitment to work as hard as it takes to take the Club forward.

"Lots of names were under consideration, but for us, as the Board of Norwich City Football Club, he was the unanimous choice and the first choice."

Neil replaces Neil Adams who resigned on Monday.

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