Steve Cooper facing Forest conundrum over Renan Lodi and Harry Toffolo

Steve Cooper has a big Nottingham Forest conundrum to crack this weekend regarding Harry Toffolo and Renan Lodi.

The head coach restored Toffolo to the team for the first time in six games for Monday’s clash with Aston Villa.

He helped the Reds secure an important point and the temptation will be to stick with the ex-Huddersfield star.

Lodi hasn’t come to the City Ground to sit on the bench though and the loan star will want his place back.

It’s probably a slightly unfortunate situation that the Atletico Madrid man has been part of a team that lost five on the trot.

Clearly, that wasn’t solely his fault but Cooper making a change did pay dividends against Aston Villa.

Now, it’s the Forest head coach who has to make the big call.

Forest will be desperate to get some continuity with their team, especially after making 11 new signings in the summer.

Cooper has a big conundrum to crack

Toffolo looked like a useful signing in the summer after his fine season for Huddersfield last season.

Ultimately, however, Forest were always going to sign another option to play as a left-back.

Omar Richards signed but quickly broke his leg and that led the club to pursue Lodi on a season-long loan.

The Atletico mad is hoping to make enough of an impact to head to the World Cup as part of the Brazil squad.

So far, he’s not really done that but this weekend might be the perfect game to restore Lodi.

Wolves are likely to have Nelson Semedo and possible Adama Traore on the right and Lodi’s pace might be ideal.

The 24-year-old is paid £64,000-a-week and Forest will likely be footing a large chunk of that salary.

Cooper will be striving for consistency within his starting eleven, however, and it’ll be intriguing to see who he chooses this weekend.