Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis insists signing 23 players in the summer transfer window was "unavoidable".
Forest overhauled their squad after promotion to the Premier League, with a host of new faces coming through the door at the City Ground. While the likes of Josh Bowler, Hwang Ui-jo and Brandon Aguilera immediately went out on loan, head coach Steve Cooper still had a whole host of new options ready to play.
The Reds of course lost five key loanees from last season, none of whom the club were able to convince to return either on loan or permanently. Djed Spence and James Garner earned moves to Tottenham and Everton respectively. Keinan Davis (Watford) and Max Lowe (Sheff Utd) are back in the Championship, while Philip Zinckernagel is at Standard Liege, on loan from Olympiacos.
