Head coach Steve Cooper remains "hopeful" Morgan Gibbs-White, Serge Aurier and Wayne Hennessey will be available for Nottingham Forest’s clash with Manchester United.
The trio were not involved in Wednesday night’s Carabao Cup victory over Blackburn Rovers. Gibbs-White took a kick in the first half of Forest’s friendly victory over Valencia prior to the trip to Ewood Park and was immediately substituted, while Aurier felt a twinge in his calf against Olympiacos.
Goalkeeper Hennessey was on the bench in Spain, having returned from representing Wales in Qatar, but picked up a knock in training. Assuming he is fit, he will be in line to start at Old Trafford next Tuesday night as first-choice Dean Henderson is ineligible to play against his parent club. Any doubt over the Welshman would leave Cooper to call upon academy graduate Jordan Smith, whose last competitive game was in March 2021.
