Nottingham Forest head coach Steve Cooper has named his team to face Stoke City in a friendly this evening (Friday).
The Reds are playing the Potters at Loughborough University Stadium ahead of their training camp and back-to-back friendlies in Greece.
Morgan Gibbs-White and Emmanuel Dennis are in the squad for Forest, while the reason for Jesse Lingard's absence this evening has been revealed.
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Dean Henderson also features, as does Orel Mangala, with youngsters Zach Abbott and Aaron Donnelly among the substitutes this evening.
Forest XI: Henderson, Worrall, Mangala, Mbe Soh, Awoniyi, Gibbs-White, O'Brien, Toffolo, Dennis, Boly, Fewster.
Subs: Kanuric, Abbott, Donnelly, D. Taylor.
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