The 31-year-old has recently seen his time at Carrow Road ended, and now he could be about to find a new home at the bet365 Stadium.
Stoke City are set to sign free agent defender Ben Gibson following his release from Norwich City, per TEAMtalk.
Steven Schumacher’s side have moved quickly to snap up one of the bigger names on the Championship free agent market, as they look to bolster their defensive options ahead of next season.
The 31-year-old saw his four-season spell with the Canaries brought to end this summer, having spent three of those years in the second tier, with a 2021/22 Premier League season in-between.
Now the experienced Championship central defender looks to have found a new home in the Potteries, as Stoke look to start making progress up the division next season.
Gibson set for Stoke move
According to a report from TEAMtalk, the Potters are on the verge of completing a deal to bring Gibson to the Midlands.
It isn’t clear from the report as to the length of the potential contract he will sign, but it can be predicted that it will be a one-two-year deal.
The former Middlesbrough and Burnley defender is to become a free agent on the July 1, and the report states that it is Stoke who are at the front of the queue for his signature.
A Middlesbrough academy graduate, Gibson would make his debut for his hometown club back in the 2010/11 season, before successive loan spells with York City and Plymouth Argyle respectively.
Gibson would go on to become a stalwart in the Middlesbrough defence during the mid-2010s, and was able to put Championship play-off final heartbreak in the 2014/15 season behind him and go on to earn automatic promotion to the Premier League with his boyhood club in the 2015/16 season.
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