Nottingham Forest fall right into £36m transfer trap after Manchester United ploy

Nottingham Forest are going to up the ante when it comes to signing a replacement for Anthony Elanga.

The winger was instrumental for Forest last season but Elanga was sold to Newcastle earlier this month in a deal worth around £60 million.

Ever since, Forest have been working tirelessly to try and get a new winger into the club, with three wide players likely to arrive this summer.

Nuno Espirito Santo wants new players to arrive at Forest before the season starts and it’s important that the Reds increase the quality available to the head coach.

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Nottingham Forest make fresh bid for Dan Ndoye

According to Corriere di Bologna, the Reds are now making a bid of £35 million plus an extra £5 million in the way of add-ons to the Serie A outfit.

Manchester United are in the race, apparently, although the report claims that they’re behind Forest and Napoli in the race to land him.

Ndoye scored nine goals and claimed six assists last season as Bologna earned a place in the Europa League by winning the Coppa Italia.

At 24, the player feels like a very useful replacement for Elanga and the hope will be that Forest can bring him to the club as a matter of urgency.

Forest need to get busy in the transfer market

Signing good players does take a bit of time, but it’s now time for Forest to get busy in the transfer market.

Ndoye feels like a good fit for Forest, and even if the fee is around £35 million, it doesn’t really matter with Forest set to play in Europe next season.

Ndoye was faster than Mbappe at last year’s Euro 2024 competition and that serves to highlight just how dangerous he can be on his day.

With other clubs chasing Ndoye this summer, Forest are wise to make another offer and hopefully, there can be a breakthrough with this one.

Nottingham Forest star surprisingly absent from Portugal camp, he’s impressed in pre-season

Nuno Espírito Santo and the Nottingham Forest squad are getting stuck into their pre-season training camp in Portugal, but one first-team member is surprisingly absent.

The pre-season camp has obviously been an afterthought for Forest fans currently due to the Morgan Gibbs-White situation, but Gibbs-White has flown out to Portugal to at least ease the nerves.

Focusing on Portugal, Murillo has been impressing in training, while Reds fans will have been excited to see Igor Jesus and Jair Cunha in action for the first time in Forest colours.

However, keen-eyed supporters will have noticed in the images and videos that the club have released that one star is not with the Forest squad, despite performing well against Chesterfield and AS Monaco.

Nottingham Forest star absent from Portugal training camp

Espírito Santo’s side are set to face Premier League side Fulham and Portuguese outfit Estoril during the camp, accelerating the preparation for the opening game of the season against Brentford.

It looks as if Gibbs-White will play a role in the friendlies, but the side will be without Brazilian goalkeeper Carlos Miguel, who has seemingly not travelled to Portugal.

Matz Sels and Forest academy graduate Aaron Bott are the two keepers present at the camp, with Miguel nowhere to be seen in the footage released by the media team.

The 26-year-old played 45 minutes in both of Forest’s opening two pre-season games, keeping two clean sheets and making decent saves in both games. Therefore, Miguel’s absence is rather surprising, perhaps suggesting that his future at the City Ground is uncertain.

Clubs have shown interest in Carlos Miguel in the past

Forest have been actively selling off the fringe talent in Nuno’s squad, first selling Ramon Sosa to Palmeiras, which was quickly followed by Danilo’s switch to Botafogo.

The Brazilian clubs could well be keeping a close eye on the Miguel situation, too, with one side’s interest dating back to March.

Cruzeiro had shown interest in Miguel a long time before the 24/25 season came to a close, a campaign that saw the breakthrough of Matz Sels as one of the Premier League’s top goalkeepers.

Whether he leaves or not, it’s already been said that Forest want to bring in a new backup keeper, which would likely leave Miguel as either third choice or surplus to requirements.

Given that Bott is training with the first team in Portugal, you’d think that he would be preferred as the third choice, making Miguel’s future uncertain.