Nottingham Forest appear to have beaten off interest from Bayer Leverkusen for Atletico Madrid defender Felipe.
That is according to journalist Fabrizio Romano, who claims Forest are now close to sealing a full agreement with Atletico as Steve Cooper's side look to bring in a new centre back before Tuesday's deadline. Cooper made it one of his priorities to strengthen his options in the centre of defence and now looks to have got his man, despite the deal looking in jeopardy on Monday afternoon with Leverkusen's late interest.
The 33-year-old will add an abundance of top level experience to Forest's backline, which has been the joint second leakiest in the Premier League this season. That said, Felipe has played just 283 minutes of football in all competitions so far this season and so will need to get up to speed quickly to adapt to English football.
