Fugitives Wee-Joe and Bowler & Nottingham Forest’s quiet summer

“Thirty transfers, who cares, Forest stay in the division” her fans sang Nottingham when their team secured Premier League status. The first leg was certainly about the newbies’ particular transfer policy, who had made 22 signings in the summer of 2022, before acquiring seven more players in January!

This year, however, things look quite different. We have arrived in early July and his team Vangelis Marinakis they haven’t signed a player, with the exception of course of Chris Wood, who arrived on loan in January but had an option to buy in the summer.

According to the Athletic and reporters, Paul and Daniel Taylor, this… quietness that has been observed does not necessarily mean that there is no activity in the ranks of Forest. After all, as noted, and last year at this time there were only three transfers – those of Avonighi, Biancone and Niacate.

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However, the mindset this year is quite different. Last year, the goal was to build a deep roster to help him Steve Cooper to accomplish the difficult task of keeping the team in the living rooms.

The goal was achieved and now Forest are looking more comfortably at the new season. The roster is expected to be lightened, with six footballers are already past – including Jesse Lingard.

There are also cases of footballers who can leave without having played a minute with the “garibaldis”, like our acquaintances Wei-Joe Huang and Josh Bowlerwhich were borrowed from Olympic the previous season.

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At the same time, the eyes are open for possible sales, with 22-year-old Brennan Johnson to be one of the most important assets and cost more than 50 million euros.

In the near future, Forest are expected to move for five to six valuable footballers, with the premiere scheduled for August 12away against Arsenal.

The search pattern is now different though. “Marinakis is a fan of the Brighton model, which acquires young players” reports the Athletic report.