Norwich City have enjoyed an exceptional campaign in the Championship and the Canaries have more than earned their promotion back to the Premier League.

Daniel Farke has managed to galvanise his talented squad and made the right sort of additions in key areas to help them become the most outstanding team in the English second tier this term. There have been many standout performances from individuals in various positions this season, and the Canaries look well placed to have a real go at staying in the Premier League now.

That will also be contingent upon them bringing in the right players in the transfer market and also trying to keep hold of as many of their key players as possible. If they can do that, then they should deliver a better points return than they managed last season in the top-flight.

While we wait to see what happens with the Canaries in their remaining games, we have taken a look at their current squad and ranked their top 10 longest-serving players…

Currently the tenth longest-serving player at Norwich City is defender Max Aarons, the right-back moved to the Canaries' academy team in 2016 from Luton Town and went onto make his debut for the club two years later after signing his first professional deal in 2018.

Aarons has been an excellent performer for the Canaries ever since he broke into the side during the 2018/19 promotion-winning campaign. The defender made his debut for the club in a League Cup tie against Stevenage in August 2018 and then went on to feature 41 times in the Championship and scored two goals as Farke's side earned promotion.

Last term, Aarons showed that he has the potential to adapt to life in the Premier League, delivering a couple of strong performances throughout his 36 top-flight appearances. He was at times exposed down the right-hand side of the defence and could not prevent the Canaries from being relegated, but overall his stock was high despite the relegation.

This season, Aarons has continued to attract interest in the transfer market and he has been hugely influential for the Canaries as they have become the best side in the Championship. Norwich are going to face a real battle to keep hold of him this summer you feel.

In at ninth place on this list is forward Adam Idah, who arrived at Carrow Road back in 2017 and was first placed within their academy side. He made an immediate impression scoring nine goals in 15 games in his first campaign with their under-18s.

Idah also went on to score 12 goals in 19 games the following campaign upon his promotion to the Canaries under-23s. That lead to the forward signing his first professional contract with the club back in July 2019. He made his first team breakthrough last season under Farke and scored a memorable hat-trick in an FA Cup tie against Preston North End.

Overall, last term Idah managed to make 12 appearances in the Premier League on top of his cup exploits. So far this season, the forward has managed to play an important role within the Canaries' promotion-winning squad and has chipped in with two goals and one assist in his 16 Championship appearances.

However, Idah has suffered a hernia issue that has seen him be out of action since Norwich's 3-0 win against Luton Town at the start of March. He is a player with a lot of potential that the Canaries could yet see a lot out of over the next few years.

Norwich’s eighth longest-serving player at the moment is midfielder Marco Stiepermann, who like Hanley was part of the group of players to arrive in Farke’s first season at Carrow Road. He was brought in from VFL Bochum on 7 August 2017.

Stiepermann has proven to be a very useful addition to the squad, even if like others on this list he has not always been a guaranteed starter. The midfielder was not always in the starting line-up in the 2017/18 campaign, but he still managed to score one goal and provide two assists in 23 Championship appearances.

The 2018/19 season would see the midfielder become an integral part of the side and he managed to enjoy an excellent campaign scoring nine goals and providing six assists in 43 league appearances. Last term was more of a struggle for him and he only managed to make 14 starts in the Premier League as the Canaries were relegated.

So far this term, Stiepermann has again been more of a squad player but he has still weighed in with one goal and two assists in his 18 league appearances.

Coming in at seventh place on this list is midfielder Tom Trybull. He was another player to have arrived in Farke’s first summer window and was signed a few days before Stiepermann on 4 August 2017.

Trybull managed to make a decent enough impression in his first season at Carrow Road, even though he was not always in the side. The midfielder ended the 2017/18 campaign with two goals in 20 Championship appearances. During the 2018/19 promotion-winning campaign, the 28-year-old was more involved and made 31 appearances offering a dependable option for Farke to call upon.

Last term, Trybull’s impact was limited in the Premier League and he made just 16 appearances in total as the Caries suffered regelation back to the Championship.

He was allowed to leave the club on loan to Blackburn Rovers last summer and he has spent this term at Ewood Park making 25 appearances in the league. He faces an uncertain future in the summer.

Coming in at sixth place on this list is defender Christoph Zimmermann, who has been one of Farke’s finest signings since taking over at Carrow Road. He was signed by Norwich on 15 June 2017.

Farke new the defender from working with him during his time in charge of Borussia Dortmund’s second team and he made him a key part of his side instantly at Norwich. Zimmermann managed to help the Canaries record 12 clean sheets in his 39 appearances in 2017/18. The following season, he helped the club earn promotion making 40 appearances and helping them keep another 12 clean sheets.

Last term, Zimmermann’s impact on the side was impacted by injury issues and he was a major loss when he was out of action. He finished the campaign with just 17 appearances in the Premier League as the Canaries were relegated.

This season, Zimmermann has been able to make 22 appearances in the Championship but has at times had to bide his time on the bench due to the form of Gibson and Hanley and also other injury issues.

The final player on this list who was signed by Farke is midfielder Mario Vrančić. He was brought into Carrow Road in the German’s first summer window on 8 June 2017.

Vrančić, like Zimmermann, has been one of the best additions made to the squad during Farke’s time in charge. He immediately established himself as a key player for the Canaries in the 2017/18 campaign and managed to chip in with one goal and two assists in 35 league appearances.

The 2018/19 campaign saw Vrančić really show his worth, with the midfielder managing to weigh in with an impressive tally of ten goals and seven assists. These usually came from the bench as he only made 14 starts out of his 36 appearances in the league, which shows how important he was as a member of the squad in their promotion campaign.

Last term, Vrančić was not as heavily involved and managed to make just 20 appearances and six starts as they were relegated. To date this term, the midfielder has been more influential and has scored three goals and registered five assists in his 30 Championship matches.

One of just three players within the current first-team squad that was not signed by Farke, apart from the players who have come through the Canaries’ academy, is goalkeeper Michael McGovern.

The Northern Irish goalkeeper was signed by the Canaries on 19 July 2016, coming off the back of a strong showing for his country during their run to the last 16 of Euro 2016. The keeper was brought into the club to provide competition for John Ruddy and he managed to make 20 appearances in the Championship in the 2016/17 season keeping two clean sheets.

The following summer, Farke came into the club and he pretty much relegated McGovern down to second choice with the signing of Angus Gunn. That meant that he failed to make an appearance in the league in the 2017/18 season, although he did make one appearance in the League Cup. It was the same story in their 2018/19 promotion-winning season with Tim Krul brought into the club.

Last term, McGovern was able to make two appearances in the Premier League as the club were relegated from the top-flight. So far this season, the experienced stopper has had a run of ten games in the side while Krul was out injured over the November and December period. He managed to keep one clean sheet in his ten matches.

In third place on this list is defender Timm Klose, who was brought into the club by Alex Neil on 18 January 2016 as he searched for players to come in and help them stay in the Premier League.

Klose managed to make an impact at Carrow Road in the top-flight in the second half of the 2015/16 campaign and he made ten appearances, even scoring one goal in a 3-2 win against Newcastle United. That was not enough for them to avoid relegation. The following season, he made 32 Championship appearances as the Canaries finished in 8^th place in the Championship.

He was a key player in the 2017/18 campaign under Farke and managed to make 37 Championship appearances helping Norwich record 12 clean sheets. During the club’s 2018/19 promotion-winning season, Klose managed to make 31 appearances and help them record seven clean sheets to play a key role in them earning promotion.

The defender only managed to make seven appearances last term in Norwich’s relegation campaign, and he has been allowed to leave Carrow Road on loan to Basel this term.

Currently, Norwich’s second longest-serving players is midfielder Alexander Tettey. He has been a magnificent servant for the Canaries ever since he signed for the club on 25 August 2012.

Tettey became an important member of the side straight away and he managed to score on his debut in a League Cup tie against Doncaster Rovers. He went on to make 27 league appearances and helped them stay in the Premier League. The following season, the midfielder made 21 appearances in the league, but that was not enough to keep them in the top-flight.

The Norway international then managed to play a vital role in their promotion-winning season in 2014/15 making 36 Championship appearances. However, he could not keep them in the Premier League and they were relegated in 2015/16. Tettey was a key member of the squad in their three seasons in the Championship, and played a key part in their 2018/19 promotion-winning campaign.

Last term, Tettey was a crucial player making 30 Premier League appearances, but again he could not prevent them from being relegated to the Championship. He has not been as heavily involved this term so far and has made just four starts, but has still been involved in another promotion-winning squad.

Currently Norwich's longest-serving player is Todd Cantwell, who joined the Canaries' academy and represented the club initially in their under-10s side and then eventually made his first appearances in the first team squad in October 2017.

Cantwell had to wait until an FA Cup tie with Chelsea in January 2018 to be handed his senior debut, and that was to be his only appearance of the 2017/19 campaign. Farke would put his faith in the attacker during the Canaries' 2018/19 promotion-winning season and he handed him 24 Championship appearances in which he scored one goal and provided two assists.

Last term, Cantwell really managed to establish himself as a crucial player for Norwich and he excelled at times in the Premier League managing to register six goals and two assists in his 37 league appearances. That saw him attract the attentions of other clubs last summer, but he stayed at Carrow Road in the end.

This season, Cantwell has been an influential performer once again for Norwich and he has played a key role in helping them earn promotion back to the Premier League. At the time of writing he has chipped in with six goals and four assists in the English second tier. He could be another player who the Canaries might struggle to keep hold of in the long-term.