And so another transfer window is behind us and it is fair to say, it was not particularly short of drama.

Understandably the majority of the City-related headlines revolved around the sagas of Jonny Rowe and Abu Kamara, both now former Canaries - although technically we are still Rowe's parent club.

I think it is also probably fair to say that neither winger conducted themselves particularly well in forcing through their moves, certainly in the case of the former.

Certainly, Rowe's time ended on a sour note, as the proverbial rattle was well and truly thrown out by a player who was carefully nurtured through his formative years.

It didn't escape me that his seemingly carefully worded farewell message didn't actually contain a particular word beginning with the letter S - "I apologise" just doesn't land in the same way for me.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting Rowe owed us anything and, as with anyone in any walk of life, he is entitled to have ambitions to further his career.

Likewise, Kamara is just as entitled to want to seek a new challenge, particularly if it was made clear to him that he would not be getting the minutes here he felt he deserved.

In fairness, I would argue his approach was marginally preferable to Rowe's, even if the outcomes were the same.

While some will clearly be frustrated that Kamara wanted to leave or perceive his decision as disloyal, handing in a transfer request through the proper channels is far better than downing tools like his fellow academy graduate.

But the fact of the matter is, in 90pc of circumstances, to footballers their club is their employer and that is fine.

As long as players give their all while wearing yellow and green, I tend not to get cross at players who do choose to pursue different career options.

How many people can honestly say their loyalty to their employer is so strong they would not accept the chance to do the same thing elsewhere if it meant a big increase in their salary? 

This being said though, another of the window's transfer sagas has got me pondering just how green the grass really is away from Carrow Road - and it's one that involves another City academy graduate. One Todd Cantwell.

I was surprised as anybody when I saw the fee Rangers accepted for the Dereham Deco, once touted as being a multi-million pound talent.

In the early stages of his time north of the border, things were starting to look rosy again for Todd. He was scoring goals, getting minutes and lapping up plaudits.

Then, almost overnight, we seemed to be getting the same sort of rumblings from Glasgow that we saw in the latter days of his time in NR1 - and the less said about that, the better.

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It seems the Cantwell cycle is winding back onto the 'new start, new me, #redemption' phase and as long as it doesn't hinder us, I genuinely hope it works out for him.

But Todd isn't the only one whose career trajectory appeared to veer off course after leaving Carrow Road.

Clearly, there are some big exceptions - the most obvious being James Maddison, who was always going to go on to big things. Likewise, Ben Godfrey found himself marking M'Bappe in the European Super Cup. 

But then you look at the likes of Max Aarons - the consummate professional who kept his head down amid a Barcelona bid before eventually joining Bournemouth.

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You'd have bet your house on him cementing a place in the Cherries side - but he hasn't banked a single minute this term.

Emi Buendia, still one of the best I have ever seen in yellow and green, also finds himself warming the bench - albeit after a long injury lay-off.

Jamal Lewis has just happened on probably the weirdest transfer of the summer, joining Sao Paolo, but equally, his time at Newcastle has been at the very best, stop-start.

While Jacob Murphy has found himself a bit of a cult hero on Tyneside, his brother's CV reads nothing like he probably thought it would when he left.

Alex Pritchard is another one who made a big money move which was followed by something of a stuttering career.

Clearly, it is way too soon to say about Gabriel Sara, but the heart certainly bleeds at seeing the dejected figure he cut in a recent interview that did the rounds.

It's an odd phenomenon, but it certainly feels to me that there are more recent examples of players who excelled at Norwich struggling to recapture their form elsewhere than not.

You could even put some managers into that category - Norwich City was undoubtedly the pinnacle of Paul Lambert's managerial career (although relegating Ipswich comes a close second).

It all begs the question, is the grass really that much greener away from the Fine City?

One of, if not the biggest coup for City in the transfer window for me was keeping hold of Josh Sargent.

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Providing he stays fit, City's number nine will be the difference between another play-off push and midtable obscurity.

Keeping him around was hugely important and here's hoping he reaps the rewards of staying put - as if he does, we all will.

Perhaps he genuinely was locked in Johannes Hoff Thorup's basement, or perhaps he independently reached the conclusion that at this stage in his career, the grass here is green enough.

While it seems inevitable he will move on eventually, the fact he is still a Canary is huge.