Midfielder Ryan Yates says players need to “step up” to match Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis’ show of ambition.
The Reds are little more than a week away from their return to the Premier League, with a trip to Newcastle United first up on August 6. And after a 23-year exile, the club have made clear their aim is to establish themselves at that level.
That has been backed up by a summer spending spree to bolster a squad which had lost five key loanees as well as Lewis Grabban and Brice Samba. More than £70m has been splashed out so far, as 11 new faces have come through the door.
