Your latest Nottingham Forest headlines as transfer speculation continues to grow ahead of the summer window.
Nottingham Forest monitoring £25million Premier League transfer battle for defender
Nottingham Forest are 'keeping an eye' on Bayer Leverkusen defender Odilon Kossounou.
The 22-year-old earned a move to the Bundesliga club back in 2021, after breaking through and catching the eye with his performances for Club Brugge in Belgium. He has now fallen down the pecking order in Leverkusen, so could be set for a move away with Forest one of three clubs in England to be linked with an interest.
According to The Sun, Forest are watching on as Leicester City and West Ham battle for Kossounou's signature, with the centre-back likely to move on in the summer transfer window. If the defender is to move to the Premier League in the summer, Leverkusen would be looking for a fee in the region of £25million.
Nottingham Forest transfer dispute 'running up a huge bill' for club as hearing set
Blackburn Rovers are reportedly 'running up a huge bill' as they bid to sign Nottingham Forest midfielder Lewis O'Brien.
The 24-year-old had been due to join the Championship side on loan for the rest of the campaign, and the deal would include a purchase clause if promotion was achieved. However, there was an issue with the timing of the paperwork being completed before the January transfer window closed.
O'Brien stayed at the City Ground and Rovers are now "using a top legal team and consulting a KC" as they bid to win an "independent panel verdict" against the EFL's decision not to ratify the deal, according to journalist Alan Nixon. The estimated cost is said to be around £100,000.
Nottingham Forest scouting mission revealed as transfer plan hatched
Nottingham Forest have reportedly sent scouts to watch Norwich defender Andrew Omobamidele.
Omobamidele was in action in Norwich's 2-0 home win over Cardiff City in the Championship on Saturday. The 20-year-old came on five minutes from time, replacing Jacob Sorensen.
According to The Sun, Forest are looking at options to reinforce their squad and Omobamidele is understood to be a player Reds boss Steve Cooper likes.
Forest turning point shows fine line Steve Cooper treads amid West Ham capitulation
There’s no getting away from Nottingham Forest’s woeful 15-minute capitulation at the London Stadium. It was a total disasterclass in how to shoot yourselves in the foot.
Once West Ham United’s first went in, the Reds simply collapsed. They completely folded. A horrible combination of dismal defending and dreadful game-management which saw them fall apart.
As Steve Cooper said: “It was unacceptable in so many ways, and particularly from a mentality, a concentration and decision-making point of view.” The Forest head coach admitted he was finding it “difficult to comprehend” what had happened.
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