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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Sam Brookes

Elliot Anderson out of vital Nottingham Forest Europa League match due to family bereavement

  • England international Elliot Anderson was not named in Nottingham Forest’s squad to face Porto on Thursday evening.
  • The club confirmed that Anderson was unavailable following the death of his mother, Helen.
  • Forest posted on X that “our thoughts and heartfelt sympathies are with the Anderson family at this difficult time.”
  • Anderson has been a regular in the Forest side this season, helping the team compete on domestic and European fronts.
  • Their Europa League quarter-final tie hangs in the balance, after the first leg in Porto ended in a 1-1 draw last week.
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