Any Time Now
Grenville Morris
Now that Malinovskyi has decided to go to Spurs, I imagine things will move quicker here
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Houssem Aouar
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Quntib Hollox
Jack Armstrong
I thought that was the position we were in hours/days ago?
jtyorkshirered
First Team Squad
Strange. I thought it was the other way round, and the player was stalling in hope of a bigger team coming in for him
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RedSpoons
First Team Squad
If we get Aouar at his best over a season, we have a player that can dominate a Champions League match day.A bit harsh to suggest he had no end product last season, still scored 8 goals and got 4 assists. Not sure they're fully comprehending where we've come from and what level we are when they say he's not quite the player he was when the likes of Juventus, Real Madrid etc. were looking at him either, not quite good enough for those teams is still way above anything we expected to sign this summer.
As for the work rate and defensive discipline stuff, assume he'll be coming in to compete with Lingard in the #10 role. His stats on the defensive side when he plays that position vs other attacking mids in the top 5 leagues were perfectly acceptable last season:
Out of interest defensive side of the game obviously not as good by comparison to other CMs but mostly everything else is among the best in the top 5 leagues:
If we get the equal to his worst season we still get a player that is a key contributor (and most creative passer) in a top 10 Ligue 1 outfit.
The consistently worst version of him is worth no less than the reported fee imo. Just hoping we can push this over the line
Heffing Psycho!
Steve Chettle
This is the first report I've seen that suggests we've got a full agreement with the player.
Bob Fossil
Nottingham's dirty secret
That account only had 12k followers and Levy drives a hard bargain. Nothing certain there at all.
Heffing Psycho!
Steve Chettle
Don't think it's out of the ordinary anymore to get a broad agreement in place with the club then do the contract before finalising the finer details of the transfer fee/ sell on clause.
Quntib Hollox
Jack Armstrong
Ok HP I’ll take your word for it considering the time you spend getting all the current gossip
Bob Fossil
Nottingham's dirty secret
"seduced by the speech of the Forest hierarchy".
There's a recurring theme here.
Our owner, Marinakis Junior & Dane are my new fuckin heroes
There's a recurring theme here.
Our owner, Marinakis Junior & Dane are my new fuckin heroes
Any Time Now
Grenville Morris
Which account? The players agreed terms with Spurs already, Atalanta are just pushing for upfront fee rather than the loan + buy offer that Spurs are angling for
Canadian_red
Grenville Morris
Pretty sure earlier reports said that we'd agreed with OL, but needed to agree with the player.
Edit: as others said above
Edit: as others said above
Rockabilly
GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
I'm getting very moist thinking about the possibility of this signing.
BryanRoy22
Ian Bowyer
Nottingham Forest Have Agreement In Place With Target, Must Still Agree With Club
Nottingham Forest have an agreement on personal terms with Lyon star Houssem Aouar, but no deal with Lyon yet.
insidefutbol.com
Sounds like the sticking point is over the fee with Lyon because he has a year left on his contract.
Agreement in place with the player and agent.
Redemption
Chief Eye Roller
I'm disappointed he's not coming for the
Money.
Money.
Ashley
Steve Chettle
Seems to be at odds with previous reports. I think the previous reports of the player holding out for a better move feels more likely than Forest quibbling over the fee with Lyon.
challenger
Youth Team
"seduced by the speech of the Forest hierarchy".
There's a recurring theme here.
Our owner, Marinakis Junior & Dane are my new fuckin heroes
I know. What are they saying to them? Would love to be a fly on the wall
Bob Fossil
Nottingham's dirty secret
I think you're interesting the persuasiveness of our top brass.
Any Time Now
Grenville Morris
I think both parties have been stalling to some extent, club are/were hoping for more interest and a bigger fee. Player was happy to see what options became available to him before fully committing
Fairly confident that €20m + a few more in bonuses and a healthy sell on clause gets this done, sell on clause will most likely be a sticking point for Lyon given his age and the nature of the player
Redemption
Chief Eye Roller
Rzar
Bob McKinlay
Get it done big man
Ashley
Steve Chettle
I think the club have done a brilliant job of persuading some players we thought would be out of our reach to this club. This one feels like it might be a little too difficult to pull off though. It wasn't long ago that this lad was linked to some big clubs across Europe, I find it hard to believe he's overly keen on joining a newly promoted side.
Again, I am happy the club are trying though. Can't accuse the club of lacking ambition, that's for sure!
Rzar
Bob McKinlay
Maybe we don’t know the true scale of EM’s ambitions yet"seduced by the speech of the Forest hierarchy".
There's a recurring theme here.
Our owner, Marinakis Junior & Dane are my new fuckin heroes
BryanRoy22
Ian Bowyer
What gives me hope is that nobody could have imagined in their wildest dreams we'd have had even a 25% chance of signing Lingard.
Some players have decided against us and that's fair enough. Cornet who went to Wet Sham and Sow at Frankfurt for example.
They might regret it. Not us. Join the exciting project or get left behind
Some players have decided against us and that's fair enough. Cornet who went to Wet Sham and Sow at Frankfurt for example.
They might regret it. Not us. Join the exciting project or get left behind
Bob Fossil
Nottingham's dirty secret
I can't imagine Lingard was exactly overly keen initially, but they have a way of getting things done.
Once he meets Super Stevie & feels the roar of the WFCG he'll be fully converted just Iike Jesse.
Rzar
Bob McKinlay
Exactly mate. If you don’t shoot you don’t score.What gives me hope is that nobody could have imagined in their wildest dreams we'd have had even a 25% chance of signing Lingard.
Some players have decided against us and that's fair enough. Cornet who went to Wet Sham and Sow at Frankfurt for example.
They might regret it. Not us. Join the exciting project or get left behind
We could have settled for Jed Wallace.
I am proud of this ownership, everything is in place now.