The striker, who was notorious under Gudjon Thordarson during his time at Stoke City, has been very much out-of-favour at Carrow Road this term having fallen behind Dean Ashton and, latterly, Rob Earnshaw in the Canaries' hierarchy of proven goalscorers.
And with Gudjon Thordarson so desperately looking for an established front-man to galvanise his plans for the coming season.
It has now emerged that Thorne, 33, is said to be in the advanced stages of talks with the club, with a view to completing a move by the end of the week.
Since signing for the Canaries last summer, Thorne has managed to notch up just one goal in ten starts for
It is his goal-scoring record pre-Norwich, however, that will certainly be of interest to the Magpies' faithful, with the six-foot giant's 160plus career goals a frightening statistic for any League Two defence to come to terms with.
For more news upon Gudjon's much-anticipated first summer signing, be sure to check back to NCM throughout the summer months.