Nottingham Forest get the last laugh after what has just happened with Santiago Gimenez

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Nottingham Forest tried and failed to sign a number of players during the summer transfer with a new striker the order of the day.

Evangelos Marinakis has been keen to land a striker for two transfer windows. The Reds are looking for more competition for places with the team currently sitting in third place in the Premier League table.

Back in the summer, the need for a striker was concerning. Nobody anticipated that Chris Wood would be in red hot form once again, whilst fitness doubts were cast over the Kiwi’s backup striker Taiwo Awoniyi.

Eddie Nketiah rejected Forest after chatting to Oliver Glasner. That might be a lucky escape from a Forest perspective, however, with the Crystal Palace player yet to get off the mark in the Premier League this season.

Forest have been left frustrated in their efforts to land a striker. However, things will almost certainly change in the summer with the Reds set to have European football as an incentive for any new players to move to the City Ground.

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Santiago Gimenez suffers major twist of irony months after Forest decision

Gimenez rejected Forest on three occasions during the summer. In fairness, he wanted to taste Champions League football after brilliantly helping Feyenoord reach the competition last season with 25 goals.

However, it was always clear that Gimenez would get his move elsewhere at some point. That time came in January when the Mexican striker swapped Rotterdam for Milan to become the new talisman at the San Siro.

Ironically, his Champions League participation is now over. He bagged another goal for his new club last night against his former club but the 1-1 draw means that Milan are out of the competition at the expense of Feyenoord.

Under the new format of the competition, it means that Milan are now out of Europe for this season, with no teams dropping out of the Champions League and into the Europa League during the 2024/25 campaign.

Forest need a Gimenez-type striker to sign in the summer

Nobody can begrudge Gimenez for making the decision he did during the summer. He has been instrumental in helping Feyenoord reach the Champions League and naturally, he wanted to experience that.

This morning, it’s fair to say that he will be gutted. After fighting back to fitness following a thigh problem, he earned a big move to Milan and he must have fancied that they would have a better shot of going far in the Champions League than Feyenoord.

Forest need to get back to the drawing board behind the scenes when it comes to looking for a new striker. In reality, Gimenez didn’t want a relegation battle – anticipated by him at the start of the season – and he might be wondering what might have been looking at the Reds’ league position now.

Gimenez fits the profile nicely for what Forest are looking for. He’s 23-years-old, loves to get in behind defenders and ultimately he knows where the back of the net is which is the type of player that the Reds will be desperately hoping to land in the summer.