Nottingham Forest have announced a new shirt sponsor for the second part of the season, having struck up a partnership with an international charity.
From January, the men’s and women’s teams will have the logo of UK for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on the front of their shirts. The club say it is “as a sign of solidarity for families who have been forced to flee their homes and communities”.
Owner Evangelos Marinakis said: “We are delighted that for the remainder of the season we will use the front of the famous Nottingham Forest shirt to tell such an important story. It will be an honour to display their name on our shirt in support of this important cause.
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Exit close
Rennes manager Bruno Genesio has revealed defender Loic Bade will join Sevilla after his failed loan spell at Nottingham Forest.
Centre-back Bade joined the Reds on loan from French side Rennes in the summer, and has now been recalled without making a single appearance under head coach Steve Cooper. There were reports that Forest made an agreement with Rennes in October not to play Bade, so he could join a new club in January.
He has been heavily linked with a loan move to Sevilla for the past few days, but his manager has now confirmed that the move is set to go ahead.
"At the moment it's not confirmed, but it should happen in the next few days," he said. "I hope so, for him, because he needs to play.
Transfer talks
Nottingham Forest defender Loic Mbe Soh is "fast approaching" a loan move away from the City Ground.
The 21-year-old joined the Reds from Paris Saint-Germain in 2020 and has made just 11 competitive appearances in a Forest shirt. Nine of those came in the Championship, with the other two in this season's Carabao Cup.
He featured from the bench on Wednesday night as Forest beat Blackburn to progress to the quarter-finals of the competition, perhaps topping up his match fitness a little ahead of a move away next month. He would be following fellow defender and Frenchman Loic Bade out of the City Ground exit door.
According to French outlet to Jeunes Footeux, the centre-back is now set to join French second tier side Guingamp on loan. They say talks between the two clubs are "moving in the right direction", with talks to be "formalised very soon" ahead of the January transfer window.
Injury update
Head coach Steve Cooper says he is “hopeful” Morgan Gibbs-White, Serge Aurier and Wayne Hennessey will be available for Nottingham Forest’s trip to face Manchester United.
The trio were absent on Wednesday night as the Reds eased into the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup with a thumping 4-1 win over Blackburn Rovers. The squad now have almost a week before they are in action again, when they head to Old Trafford for their first Premier League game back after the World Cup break.
Gibbs-White took a kick in the first half of Forest’s friendly victory over Valencia and was immediately substituted, while Aurier felt a twinge in his calf against Olympiacos. Goalkeeper Hennessey was on the bench in Spain, having returned from representing Wales in Qatar. Assuming he is fit, he will start between the posts on December 27, as first-choice Dean Henderson is ineligible to play against his parent club.
“They were unavailable through injury. But we are hopeful that they will all be available for United,” Cooper said of Gibbs-White, Aurier and Hennessey after the final whistle at Ewood Park.
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