Nottingham Forest waiting 'in the background' to complete £16.7m transfer
Nottingham Forest are reportedly waiting 'in the background' for Inter Milan striker Andrea Pinamonti.
The Reds have already made initial contact over a potential deal to sign the Italian as they look to bring in another striker to bolster Steve Cooper's attacking options. Cooper has signed Taiwo Awoniyi for a club-record fee of £17.5million and Pinamonti is now the latest to be linked with a move to the City Ground.
Pinamonti made the switch to the Italian side from Genoa in 2020. However, he was loaned out to Empoli last season as he failed to cement his place in the squad.
Jesse Lingard Nottingham Forest money myth exposed as wages figures revealed
Summer signing Jesse Lingard reportedly turned down a higher wages offer from West Ham United in order to join Nottingham Forest, despite suggestions he signed for the club just for money.
The former Manchester United midfielder put pen to paper on a one-year deal recently. The Reds beat off considerable competition for the 29-year-old, most notably from former loan club West Ham.
The England international spent the second half of the 2020/21 season on loan at the London Stadium, scoring nine goals and providing a further six assists in 16 appearances for the club. Lingard’s decision to choose to sign for Forest over the Hammers therefore came as a surprise to many, leading to suggestions among pundits and opposition fans that he had joined Forest due to a higher wage offer
Transfer plan sees Nottingham Forest on the edge of exciting new chapter
From 70 plus players to 70 plus million it's all change at Nottingham Forest in some important senses.
The stat that Forest signed more than 70 players between 2017 and 2021 became emblematic of the misplaced transfer strategy at the club. The flurry of arrivals did not exactly bring success. Cash thrown? Yes. Plan crafted? No.
That all changed last summer when Forest finally revamped their executive and recruitment structures with Dane Murphy coming in as chief executive, while George Syrianos and Andy Scott now head up a revamped recruitment team. More recently, Miltiadis Marinakis, son of owner Evangelos Marinakis, has taken on a more high profile role.
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