Paul Lambert was appointed Norwich City manager in August 2009, and the 42-year-old has rapidly become one of the rising stars in the management arena having led the club to consecutive promotions. Two seasons ago the Canaries were in League One but now they are flourishing in the Premier League, finishing 12th in their first season back in the top flight.
Lambert's work has not gone unnoticed and as a result he is attracting interest from a number of Premier League clubs, including Aston Villa, who are believed to be keen after sacking Alex McLeish.
Lambert ahd a successful playing career and is a Champions League winner having won the competition with Borussia Dortmund in 1997. The Scot also has a host of Scottish titles and cups to his name after spending a large part of his career at Celtic. He also made 40 appearances for Scotland and appeared in the 1998 World Cup.
To date Lambert has managed four teams, including Livingston, Wycombe Wanderers, Colchester United and currently Norwich. During his time at Wycombe Lambert led the club to the semi-finals of the League Cup, where they took Premier League giants Chelsea to a replay. This was a significant achievement as it was the first time in over 30 years that a fourth tier team had reached that stage of the competition.
After running away with the League One title in his first season in charge of Norwich in 2009/10, Lambert achieved the rare feat of winning back-to-back promotions after Norwich finished as runners-up to QPR last season.
In their first season back in the Premier League Lambert led Norwich to a creditable 12th place.
Due to his fantastic achievements and popularity with the Norwich faithful, Lambert has the full backing of the board and is unlikely to lose his job. However, the main concern for the club will be holding onto their manager. His recent successes haven't gone unnoticed and it will not be long until one of the Premier League's bigger club's comes calling for his services.
