A busy summer transfer window ended with Nottingham Forest making a total of 22 signings.
Three of the new faces immediately went out on loan, but integrating the rest is proving a challenge for head coach Steve Cooper. He has the unenviable task of trying to settle upon his strongest line-up while faced with the brutal reality of the Premier League.
But while Forest’s transfer business was conducted with the aim of putting together a squad capable of holding its own in the Premier League, there was also a long-term view in mind. The dressing room overhaul of a "unique" transfer window, as Cooper called it, should not need to be repeated.