New Nottingham Forest signing Loic Bade is already growing frustrated with how his time at the City Ground is going.
The Frenchman was the penultimate signing of a hectic summer, checking in from Rennes on transfer deadline day.
Bade is yet to feature in a matchday squad and now it would appear that he’s itching to get back to France.
French outlet Foot-Sur7 claim that the player is ‘feeling disgruntled, explaining that the situation shows no sign of improving.
The 22-year-old was allowed to leave Rennes in the summer after the club signed other options.
Joe Rodon arrived from Tottenham, whilst Christopher Wooh joined from Lens in a big-money deal.
Bade has been training with Steve Cooper’s team but for whatever reason, he’s just not been fancied.
Forest have a plethora of defensive options and the head coach is busy finding a formula that works.
Willy Boly was also signed in the summer and he’s only made one appearance since arriving at the club.
Likewise, Joe Worrall is the club captain and he’s been an unused substitute in the last couple of fixtures too.
As a result, Bade looks like he’s in relative limbo and it will be interesting to see what happens next.
Bade growing frustrated at Forest
Someone somewhere is telling fibs!
This article comes just a fortnight after Cooper was quizzed on the Forest newcomer.
He claimed in an interview with Nottinghamshire Live that Bade was ‘training very well’ and that he showed a ‘good attitude’ towards each session.
Still, it’s hard to imagine that Bade is particularly happy with the situation.
At 22, he’s got a taste of men’s football and he will have arrived wanting to play in the Premier League.
He’s unlikely to be required back at Rennes so terminating his loan at Forest could be detrimental for the defender.
Should Bade demand to go back to the Ligue 1 outfit, they will miss out on £12 million.
That is the fee that has been agreed between the two parties to sign him at the end of the loan next summer.
The Bade situation is a strange one and it will be interesting to see how this unfolds.
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