Norwich City are set to spring a surprise by naming Borussia Dortmund II's Daniel Farke as their new head coach.

Farke will be confirmed as the Championship club's new No. 1 this week after an extensive recruitment process led by new sporting director Stuart Webber and managing director Steve Stone.

The 40-year-old has established an impressive reputation working closely with Dortmund manager Thomas Tuchel in charge of the German club's under-23s, guiding them to a second-placed finish this season with only three defeats.

And Farke is following former Dortmund coach David Wagner into English football in a bold and ambitious move by Webber, who has been charged with the task of finding a head coach to take the Canaries forward.

Webber brought Wagner to Huddersfield two years ago and Farke has been targeted as a a progressive, forward-thinking coach who will embrace the club's structure and determination to utilise the Academy. Farke succeeded Wagner at Dortmund's under-23s in 2015 and is understood to have recently turned down an approach from Bundesliga club Darmstadt to take over there.

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But his appointment at Norwich will be announced in the next few days, with backroom staff expected to follow him to Carrow Road. Norwich have been linked with over 15 different managers since the dismissal of Alex Neil in March, with Garry Monk, Uwe Rosler, Carlos Carvalhal, Paul Lambert and Wagner reportedly in the frame.

But negotiations with Farke have been ongoing for the past fortnight and Norwich are confident they have pulled off a major coup.