Norwich boss Alex Neil says it 'looks likely' he will stay at the club

Alex Neil says he wants to change the mentality of Norwich for next season and revealed it "looks likely" he will be the man in charge of their promotion push.

The Canaries ended their campaign with a disappointing 3-0 defeat by Everton at Goodison Park four days after their relegation from the Premier League was sealed.

There has been speculation about whether Neil would stay on as manager but he confirmed that now looks to be the case but admitted he was not sure if he would be doing so with the same squad of players.

The 34-year-old said: "There's been brief discussions. I'll have more discussions tomorrow but it looks likely at the moment that I'll be here for next season.

"We've got to change the mentality, we have got to go into next season with one aim and that is to get ourselves back into the Premier League. We fell short this year and we are going to have to improve next year.

"I think there are a lot of discussions to be had and a lot of work to be done. We'll need to have a look at that [squad changes]."

Norwich did all they could to hang on in midweek by beating Watford 4-2 but Sunderland's 3-0 victory over Everton meant an immediate return to the Sky Bet Championship.

The Toffees had won only five Premier League games at Goodison all season, which contributed significantly to Roberto Martinez's sacking on Thursday.

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But they always looked like making it six once James McCarthy scored the opener in the 19th minute. Leighton Baines added a second from the penalty spot just before half-time and three minutes after the break Kevin Mirallas tapped in the third.

Neil described the penalty, given for a foul by Robbie Brady on Romelu Lukaku, as "extremely soft" but felt there was no excuse for his players not to be fully motivated.

He added: "If they've got any sort of professional pride then it shouldn't be tough. Certainly for the 2,000 fans that have travelled up, the least they deserved was for every player to give their all.

"If everybody wants to call themselves a professional football player, the first part's the essential part - professional. I think regardless of what game you're playing, you should be up for it 100 per cent."