Johannes Hoff Thorup will not hit Ben Knapper with a list of transfer demands to overhaul his Norwich City squad.

The club's new head coach met up with his non internationals for the first time at Colney on Thursday and Friday, as they return back for pre-season testing.

New Panamanian signing José Córdoba is away at the Copa America, while exciting young forward Ken Aboh is poised to agree a new contract, but Thorup is in no rush to add to his ranks.

The Dane is interested in a reunion with former FC Nordsjælland left back and free agent Martin Frese, but the new City chief is happy to leave the transfer distractions to Knapper.

The Canaries' sporting director indicated at Thorup's official unveiling player sales are part of the summer strategy, but the 35-year-old is not pushing for incomings.

“Ben will find out that I will not be ringing him all the time and say we need this and we need this and we need this and we need this, because a part of my job is also to develop football players,” he said. “I would prefer to wait and see.

"It will be not professional enough of us if we're not looking where we can improve. I prefer to work with football players and train every day instead of being at the office and calling for players that are not here. I’m the type of coach that is not important for me.

“But like I said, to be fair to the players I see great potential. And I see high quality from all the players. Even though you're 35, with the right mindset and great ambition you can still improve, you can still be better. So when we talk about development, it is not only for 18 year old players, it can also be for 26 years or 31 year olds. And that's a big part of my role.”

Thorup’s priority is an intensive build up to the Championship kick-off against Oxford United on August 10.

“There will be new methods of training, new ways of preparing for matches, maybe also new demands. That's just how it is in football,” he said. “But I see great potential and great skills from a lot of the players.

“My focus has been planning around pre-season, how we're going to train, how the day will look like, what the purpose will be for us here in the beginning to implement the style of play from day one, because that will be important for us.

"Six weeks pre-season, in my opinion, it's okay time, and we have the time to work with the players. But it's also important that we start from day one so we can be as competitive as possible.”