Last night (Sunday) Norwich City completed the signing of Canadian international winger Ali Ahmed from Vancouver Whitecaps.

The 25-year-old has signed a three-year contract at Carrow Road with the option of a further year and becomes the Canaries first signing of the January transfer window.

It is understood that Norwich have paid a fee reported to be in the region of £1.4m to secure the winger's services after Vancouver activated a clause to extend his contract by a further year. Various reports in Canada also suggest the MLS side have inserted a sell-on percentage into the transfer deal.

Ahmed has been assigned the squad number 21 and will be available for Norwich's FA Cup third round match against Walsall at Carrow Road next weekend.

Ahmed was at Carrow Road to watch City's 2-0 defeat to Stoke and was sitting alongside sporting director Ben Knapper, head of recruitment Lee Dunn and other club officials after flying into the UK to complete his medical.