The Dane’s latest club have lost one of their opening seven league matches to lead the Austrian Bundesliga by a point from Red Bull Salzburg going into the international period.
Thorup joined a long line of former Norwich managers/coaches to pay a heartfelt tribute to Michael Wynn Jones in recent days.
The 37-year-old lasted barely 10 months in Norfolk before he was dismissed, but expects Rapid contract talks in the new year to build on his early success since taking over in January 2026.
“We are not talking about it right now. I think we will have to go to Christmas before it becomes relevant, there has been a lot to look at,” he said.
“There are also some clauses in the contract that mean that an additional year can be added. There are some results that need to be achieved that do not look so unrealistic, it may be that it is a conversation that we do not need to have because it will automatically be extended.
“Things are going well, there is always the possibility that we can improve something that can be done better, but overall things are going well.
“We are starting to play more and more, which I would like, and we are developing our players to go in the direction that we can dominate the matches much more than we could three/four months ago. Therefore, the probability of better results is also greater.”
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Thorup accepted a similar brief in Vienna to his previous Carrow Road spell – try and bring the good times back.
“It’s talked about every single day when you’re around. They haven’t won for almost 20 years and not even a cup title, that’s something you crave,” he said, speaking to Danish outlet, Tipsbladet.
“The fact is that it’s a club in Salzburg that has three or four times as much money as the others in Austria, and that will always be the favourite. We’ll then see if we can hit the ground running in the seasons when they’re not there, or if we have a good season.
“We’d like to be up there, but realistically, anything within the top three is acceptable. Of course, we want more than that.
“We have brought in some technical players, including midfielders, who have skills in having the ball, so we need to create a game that allows us to control eight out of ten games we play.
“Fortunately, we have succeeded in that, it also means that we can put our talented offensive players on the stage much more than last season, it means that we have got it where we want it to be.
“My time at FC Nordsjælland characterises my way of looking at football, which is why the football teams I coach will always play some kind of that form of football.”