Norwich City defender Ritchie De Laet urges team not to change their attacking policy

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Norwich City defender Ritchie De Laet, on-loan from Manchester United, insists his new club do not need to alter their style of football which has seen them promoted twice on the bounce.

Just two seasons ago the Canaries were starting another campaign in League One and now find themselves brushing shoulders with the countries’ top teams in the Premier League.

In the two promotions Norwich scored a total of 172 goals thanks to their attacking profile of play and De Laet has urged his new team not to change something that has brought them so much success.

The Belgian told Sky Sports: “Not everybody can put together back-to-back promotions, which is quite special in itself, and they’ve got the winning mentality now, so everyone is looking forward to being in the big time again.

“It will be very refreshing to see them back in the Premier League because they have played some great football over the past couple of seasons and they definitely won’t look out of place in the top flight.

“There is a really young and energetic theme running through the squad here, so we might catch some teams by surprise and hopefully we can get some early points on the board.

“The football that they played last season was tremendous at times and not every club can get out of the Championship by that way, but they did it in style.

“They did it the right way in my book and hopefully we can continue that style of play in the Premier League because I’ve played against them and it isn’t easy to stop them.”