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Player Profile: Anis Ben Slimane – Norwich City’s creator flourishing under Philippe Clement

A month ago, most Norwich City fans would have said that Anis Ben Slimane had no future at Carrow Road.

by
Chris Dunlavy
15 February 2026

A month ago, most Norwich City fans would have said that Anis Ben Slimane had no future at Carrow Road.

Too inconsistent. Too injury-prone. 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 Bristol City boss and failed to make a single Championship squad.
Having lobbied to offload the 24-year-old Tunisia international last summer, there is no doubt that Manning would have tried again in January - an...

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