Manchester City defender Issa Kabore is a leading candidate to replace Djed Spence at Nottingham Forest.
Spence is reported to be close to completing a move to Tottenham for £20m, however, our sister publication Football.London and transfer specialist Fabrizio Romano say a fee is yet to be agreed. Nottinghamshire Live understands a deal is not done with Spurs - or any club - with Spence still away with the England Under-21s .
Forest recognise a deal could fall through and have drawn up contingency plans. As first reported by Nottinghamshire Live, Burkina Faso defender Kabore is on Forest's shortlist to replace Spence should he complete a move to the Champions League qualifiers. The Reds are only allowed to have loan two players at any one time after promotion to the Premier League and they will hope that one of those is James Garner, should Manchester United agree to a third spell at the City Ground for the midfielder.