Jacob Wright returns to first club Manchester City with Norwich City in the League Cup (Image: Fred Palmer/Focus Images Ltd)
Jacob Wright returns to first club Manchester City with Norwich City in the League Cup (Image: Fred Palmer/Focus Images Ltd)
Jacob Wright will put sentiment to one side as he looks to help Norwich City claim a famous League Cup scalp at boyhood club Manchester City.
The attacking midfielder joined the Citizens' academy at the age of eight and made it all the way through to four senior appearances under previous boss, Pep Guardiola.
Wright sealed a permanent move to Norfolk in 2025 in the hunt for regular game time, and the 20-year-old admits he would like to prove a point on his first competitive return.
"Maybe, maybe a little bit, but it's about taking the emotion out of it for now," he said. "It'll be nice after the game, but before the game and during the game you're there to prove a point, and do the best you can on the pitch to hopefully help Norwich get a result.
"It's going to be nice to be back where it all started and it's going to be nice for my family, but I'm there strictly on business with Norwich to try and get a result."
Wright caught the eye in a vibrant second half cameo at the weekend in Norwich City's 4-3 Championship defeat at Middlesbrough.
The youngster slipped a perfect pass through for Jovon Makama, and then levelled the game with a rising finish from close range before the Canaries conceded in stoppage time.
A daunting trip to the north-west is followed by Bolton's Carrow Road weekend league visit to mark the end of a gruelling early-season swing.
City boss Philippe Clement is adamant results have not matched performances, and Wright echoed that view from the dressing room going into the first international period of the campaign.
"It's been intense, as it is throughout the whole of the Championship season, there's loads and loads of games, three game weeks consistently," he said.
"It's just important that we continue to work hard and train as much as possible and then recover and make sure you're ready to go and perform on matchdays.
"I think everyone has a good understanding of each other. We have a good group who work really hard every day and we're working really hard to know where boys want the ball and what they want to get out of the game.
"We're in a good place, regardless of what results have said. I think we've deserved more this year from the results that we've got.
"We'll just continue to do what we've been doing, continue to work hard every day in training and the results will follow."