Nottingham Forest proved in January the progress they are making. For many, the victories over Arsenal and arch-rivals Derby were the biggest moments, but for others getting expensive flops off the books and not overpaying in the market were significant.
The departures of Carl Jenkinson and Lyle Taylor, among others, take the club one step closer to escaping the previous era of excess, when players were signed on inflated wages in the hope of securing a return to the Premier League. In recent years many shortsighted incomings have not lived up to their billing, leaving Forest, who face Leicester in the FA Cup on Sunday, losing money without the reward of promotion.
