Coach says goodbye as Nottingham Forest close in on £16m ace ‘a huge future’

This may have been another busy summer of incomings and outgoings at Nottingham Forest.

But, in contrast to the windows of 2022 and 2023, there appears to have been a more coherent, controlled transfer strategy in place this time.

Last year, for instance, many of Nottingham Forest’s signings arrived in the dying stages of the window. Ibrahim Sangare, Murillo and Callum Hudson-Odoi were all snapped up mere hours before the deadline.

The summer of 2024, however, has seen Forest go about their business with more pace and decisiveness than before.

With two weeks still to go before Nuno Espirito Santo’s side kick off the campaign against AFC Bournemouth at the City Ground, their squad looks arguably more balanced and settled than at any other point since their return to the Premier League.

Deals for goalkeeper Carlos Miguel, midfielder Elliot Anderson and colossal centre-half Nikola Milenkovic were all secured before the start of August.

Jota Silva, the Portugal international who scored 15 goals last term for Vitoria de Guimaraes, also put pen to paper on Thursday. While Nottingham Forest have frequently been accused of overpaying, the ‘special’ Jota arrives for a bargain fee of just £6 million.