Norwich tell Aston Villa to pay up for Jed Steer

The England under-19 international will join the claret and blues when his Canaries contract expires on Monday after rejecting a new deal at Carrow Road.

The clubs are in talks over compensation for the 20-year-old, with Norwich entitled to a fee because Steer is under 24 after coming through the ranks and they offered him a new contract.

He will reunite with Paul Lambert, who managed him in Norfolk, but Canaries chief executive David McNally insisted Steer will cost him.

He said: "We're obviously disappointed to be losing the services of a very promising young England international keeper and will be seeking substantial compensation from Villa.

"Jed is an excellent young keeper with a bright future ahead of him and was very much part of our plans for next season and beyond.

"We offered him a good new contract but it looks like he has opted to sign for Aston Villa instead."

Steer made just two appearances for Norwich, both under Lambert, in the FA Cup including a man of the match display in the 2-1 fourth round win at Albion in 2012.

But he has played just 20 professional games, 14 coming in a loan spell at Yeovil in League One in 2011 and four at Cambridge United in the Conference.

Steer became the fourth new arrival from Norwich this week after Villa appointed ex-Canaries trio Scott Marshall, Michael Watts and Chris Lorkin to Lambert's backroom staff.

He will offer back-up to Brad Guzan with highly rated Benjamin Siegrist ready to compete with him as Shay Given is expected to leave in the summer.

Steer is seen as one for the future at Villa and will not necessarily be the guaranteed No.2 to American Guzan with the club prepared to assess the situation over the summer.

Villa have completed the majority of their incoming business, although there could still be a couple more additions later.

They are now focused on moving players out to ease the wage bill and cut down a bloated squad after six new arrivals this summer.