Nottingham Forest will lift the curtain on their 2019/20 campaign on Saturday when West Brom arrive at the City Ground.
The first game sees the Sky cameras in town as Sabri Lamouchi’s team get underway in the evening kick-off.
Forest have added six players to their ranks so far and more could follow before Saturday.
One man who will be hoping to pin down a regular place this season is defender, Alex Milosevic.
The Swede looked a great signing when he arrived in January and it was somewhat bizarre when Martin O’Neill left him out for a period of time.
Ahead of Saturday’s contest, Milosevic took to Twitter. He is clearly relishing the opening game and tweeted:
In response to Milosevic’s tweet, his defensive partner from last season, Yohan Benalouane took time to respond.
The Tunisian powerhouse hasn’t been seen throughout the pre-season games as he recovers with an injury.
He sent Milosevic a message of support:
With Benalouane wishing Milosevic good luck, it may spark rumours of the Tunisian defender departing.
New challenge?
Forest now have a plethora of defensive talent at the club and that could force the international down the pecking order.
It wouldn’t be a major surprise to see Benalouane leave before the transfer window closes and this tweet might drop a small hint towards that.
Benalouane did a decent job at a desperate time for Forest last season. He arrived from Leicester when the Reds barely had a fit defender to choose from.
He played 14 games for the club and scored a famous goal which saw Forest defeat Derby County for the first time in four years.
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