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title: "Confirmed: Hanley leaves to join Norwich"
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author: "Daniel Emery"
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published: "2017-08-30T14:29:39Z"
modified: "2017-08-30T14:29:39Z"
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# Confirmed: Hanley leaves to join Norwich

Newcastle have sold defender Grant Hanley to Championship side Norwich City, the club have confirmed.

> Twitter: CONFIRMED: Defender Grant Hanley has completed a permanent move to @NorwichCityFC.\
> Full story:… https://t.co/xLJZnE1IYh (@NUFC)

The Scottish international has put pen to paper on the contract after completing his medical at Norwich on Wednesday.

![Stu Forster/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readnewcastle.com/readnewcastle/sites/20/2017/08/594736544.jpg)

He will now return to the Scotland squad for this week’s international fixtures, where he will link up with his new teammates Steven Naismith and Russell Martin.

Hanley has joined Norwich for a fee, thought to be, in the region of £3.5m. This is £2m less than [Newcastle](https://readnewcastle.com/) paid for him.

[Newcastle](https://readnewcastle.com/) signed Hanley for £5.5m from Blackburn last summer, but only started a handful of games as the club won the Championship title.

He now joins a Norwich side desperately looking to improve their defence after letting in 12 goals in the first five games of the season so far.