Here are your Nottingham Forest headlines on Tuesday, December 27
Olympiacos 'considering' transfer
Nottingham Forest full-back Harry Toffolo is reportedly likely to be made available during the January transfer window as Olympiacos apparently have the player on their shortlist.
Toffolo, 27, was sidelined for the last five matches before the Premier League season paused for the World Cup with a hamstring injury but returned to fitness late last month. The left-back featured in all four of the Reds ' mid-season friendlies and then played the full 90 minutes in midweek against Blackburn Rovers during their Carabao Cup fourth round tie.
That match at Ewood Park was his ninth appearance for the club since signing from Huddersfield Town, alongside Lewis O'Brien, during the summer. Just over five months later, Toffolo is being linked with leaving in the new year.
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Lingard injury issue over
Jesse Lingard is confident of showing Nottingham Forest “the real me” after feeling the benefits of the World Cup break.
The 30-year-old has revealed he was struggling with an Achilles problem during the early part of the campaign. He was also playing catch-up, having found game time hard to come by during his last year at Manchester United and having not had a proper pre-season ahead of joining the Reds.
He went into the hiatus on the back of scoring his first goal in the Garibaldi, against Tottenham Hotspur in the Carabao Cup. And he put in another impressive performance against Crystal Palace, in Forest’s last league game before the season paused.
Jesse joy
Relishing his time at Nottingham Forest, hitting his stride and being in a good place mentally, Jesse Lingard says he “glides across the pitch” now.
But that hasn’t always been the case for the 30-year-old. There was a point, his lowest, when he wanted to take a break from football. Struggling with his mental health, he was running on auto-pilot.
The first coronavirus lockdown in 2020 changed that. While for many, it was a dark period, for Lingard it provided the opportunity to rediscover his love for the game by rewatching old videos of himself in action.
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