Premier League pundit Richard Keys has claimed that Nottingham Forest will end up 're-building in League One' after 'slipping into administration' due to the cost of paying the 'mercenaries' signed this summer.
It has been widely discussed that the Reds signed 21 senior players this summer following their return to the Premier League after 23 years. Fellow pundit Garth Crooks has come out in criticism of owner Evangelos Marinakis and Keys has also done the same.
The increased scrutiny has followed Forest's 3-2 defeat against Bournemouth that has seen them drop to 19th in the league table, although they remain level on four points with Aston Villa, winless Everton and West Ham United. Keys has gone one step further and hypothesised further relegations for the Reds.
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"[Is] anyone surprised to see struggling Forest in the drop zone? I must admit I am," Keys writes in his blog." It’s happened sooner than I thought it would.
"Here’s what happens next at Forest - Steve Cooper gets the blame for the ridiculous signing frenzy - the owner gets fed up - the club slips into administration - buried by the costs of paying the mercenaries - and they re-build in League One."
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