Player Profile

ANIS BEN SLIMANE

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The LeaguePaper Team
15 February 2026

PLAYER PROFILE
NORWICH CITY MIDFIELDER
From out in the cold to hot stuff in weeks!
By Chris Dunlavy

IN THE GROOVE: Anis Ben Slimane has flourished in the No.10 role for the Canaries
PICTURE: Alamy

A MONTH ago, most Norwich fans would have said that Anis Ben Slimane had no future at Carrow Road.
Too inconsistent. Too injury-prone. Too sloppy in possession. Liam Manning, whose disastrous 17-game reign came to an end in November, evidently agreed.
Even before suffering a quad problem in late September, Slimane had played just eight minutes of first-team football under the former...

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