Nottingham Forest are reportedly willing to let two of their summer transfers depart before Tuesday's deadline.
That is according to the Daily Mirror, who claim Forest are set to listen to offers for both Lewis O'Brien and Harry Toffolo after their joint £10 million arrival from Huddersfield Town in July. Following the arrivals of Gustavo Scarpa, Danilo and Chris Wood - with more potentially to come - Steve Cooper needs to trim his squad in order to register it with the Premier League for the second half of the season.
Clubs will have to submit their revised squad list to the league once the January window draws to a close. They can contain no more than 25 players, with a maximum of 17 who do not fulfil the Home Grown Player quota, and an unlimited number of under 21s.
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And in order to meet those specifications, it appears as though O'Brien and Toffolo are most at risk of a departure. O'Brien began the season as a regular but has not started since a 4-0 defeat at Leicester City at the beginning of October, and has also failed to make two of the last three matchday squads.
The Mirror claim West Bromwich Albion are among the club's interested, with their manager Carlos Corberan having worked with him at Huddersfield. Toffolo, meanwhile, has also fallen out of favour since October with Renan Lodi now very much first choice at left back.
He has played just 34 minutes of football in nine league matches and Hull City are already reported to be in talks over a move for the 27-year-old. Belgian side Anderlecht are also said to be keen.
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