Norwich City recruitment chief Stuart Webber is expected to leave the club at the end of the season after a fall-out with owner Delia Smith, Football Insider is claiming in an article published today.  This is despite a promise he was set to extend his contract just a matter of weeks ago in the midst of the Daniel Farke sacking time.

Sporting director Webber was sat alongside Dean Smith for his recent unveiling as the club’s new manager, however a Norwich source has told Football Insider that all is not well behind the scenes between the 37-year-old transfer guru and club chiefs Smith and her husband Michael Wynn Jones.

The majority shareholders have reportedly clashed over an increasing number of key decisions for the club, including manager appointments and transfers.

It is believed Smith and Wynn Jones wanted former boss Daniel Farke to be sacked earlier than he was, with one suggestion that he could have even gone in the summer after overseeing a second Championship promotion in third seasons.

There has also been disquiet in the boardroom at the poor return on a summer signing spree that cost the club £60million.

Most of the new arrivals this year are considered to have flopped and fingers are being pointed at Sporting Director Webber.

Noticeably, he has often been visibly avoiding the boardroom on match days at Norwich and his relationship with Smith and Wynn Jones is said by the club source to be “not good at all”.

Webber has a strong reputation in the game after overseeing three Championship promotions, two at Norwich and one at his former club Huddersfield Town.

But his critics point out that his excellent record in the second tier masks poor recruitment in the Premier League and the club’s failure to compete in the top flight is partly attributed to signing the wrong type of player, not just at Norwich but also previously at Huddersfield too

His contract is due to expire at the end of the season and, barring an unlikely turnaround, he is now not expected to extend it.

Webber’s former ally Kieran Scott quit the Canaries during the summer to join Middlesbrough as their new sporting director.