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The 31-year-old Republic of Ireland international recently had a transfer request rejected a £1m bid from Aston Villa was previously turned down.

Hoolahan is still hoping the two clubs can do a deal today, but he has almost certainly played his last game for Norwich anyway following his shocking slur.

The midfielder was filmed by a TV crew at Norwich’s training ground and jokingly asked if he was going to be clearing out his locker.

And he stunned onlookers by replying: “I hope so. This is a f****** s******* club.”

Canaries boss Chris Hughton later said: “I’m not aware of that so it’s something I will have to investigate.

“I will decide whether or not he will be in the squad for Saturday’s game at Cardiff.

“This is an unsettling time for players in his situation. But it’s not the first time we have had to deal with an unsettled player and it won’t be the last.

“But whether or not a player leaves depends on if the club wants to keep him and at the moment Wes Hoolahan is very much a Norwich player.”

Villa boss Paul Lambert will try one last time today to do a deal to bring Hoolahan to the Midlands.

And he said: “Some happen - some don’t. I’m happy enough with what I’ve got, so we’ll just have to see.

“I’m not a fan of this window because it does make people panic and pay over the odds.”

Meanwhile, Robert Snodgrass has confirmed he will definitely be staying at Norwich after making a heartfelt apology to supporters.

Snodgrass swore angrily at fans after they jeered him in the midweek draw with Newcastle but said: “My reaction was completely wrong.

“It was just the heat of the moment. The fans were obviously upset because they care passionately about the team and so do I. “But I immediately realised I shouldn’t have done what I did, simple as that.

“I wear my heart on my sleeve so I went straight over to apologise to them at the end of the game and they started chanting my name and cheering me. So they realised how much I care.

“At the end of the day we all want the same thing so now hopefully we can draw a line under what happened and move on. All I want is to stay at Norwich and help make them successful.”

Norwich were last night celebrating when Bradley Johnson had his red card against Newcastle overturned on appeal.