After a recent flurry of transfers, Nottingham Forest could welcome another late arrival amid reports that they’ve submitted an opening offer to sign an attacker from Paris Saint-Germain.
Nottingham Forest eyeing last-minute moves
Whilst the headlines have centred around Nuno Espirito Santo’s fallout with Evangelos Marinakis as of late, Nottingham Forest have been enjoying quite the transfer window. After a quiet start, a recent flurry has seen them welcome Nicolo Savona, James McAtee, Omari Hutchinson, Dan Ndoye, Arnaud Kalimuendo and Douglas Luiz with more potentially on the way.
It’s been the summer of the Brazilian’s at the City Ground, with Cuiabano and John Victor reportedly set to join former Botafogo teammates Jair Cunha and Igor Jesus in the Midlands before the deadline. Add Luiz into that and Forest’s South American contingent is up to five arrivals in recent months.
Yet, the question still remains. Will Espirito Santo still be in charge to lead the summer arrivals? As things stand, Marinakis has insisted that will be the case and that a meeting to clear the air this weekend was scheduled, but how that meeting has gone may provide the final answer to that question.
The Greek owner told reporters earlier this week: “Everything is solid. We all want Nottingham to succeed. We are here in the good days but we are even closer in the difficult days, so personally I don’t see a problem.”
After deciding to keep a united front away from the pitch, Nottingham Forest could yet hand their manager his biggest addition yet to round off an excellent summer.
Nottingham Forest submit Lee Kang-in offer
As reported by L’Equipe, Nottingham Forest submitted an opening offer to sign Lee Kang-in from Paris Saint-Germain. The Midlands club reportedly offered a package worth as much as €60m (£52m) to sign the talented winger, with €30m (£26m) coming in add-ons, but have already seen that rejected by PSG.
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Amid competition from Ousmane Dembele, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Desire Doue – just to name a few – the move could also make sense for Lee this season. At 24 years old, he needs to be playing a prominent part and Espirito Santo may well be able to offer him exactly that.
After getting a taste of facing English opposition when he scored a stunning strike against Tottenham Hotspur in PSG’s comeback Super Cup win too, the winger should face no trouble adjusting to the Premier League.
Described as a “complete player” by Luis Enrique, there’s little doubt that Lee would be another impressive addition by Forest as the deadline approaches.