Nottingham Forest pushing hard to sign ‘outstanding’ star but he might cost £50m

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Nottingham Forest are desperate to bring some new players to the football club before the season gets underway in around four weeks.

Anthony Elanga has been sold to Newcastle and as a result, the squad currently looks a lot weaker than it did when the season finished back in May.

Ramon Sosa, Danilo and Andrew Omobamidele have all left the ranks this summer and it would appear as though Forest are keen to get rid of some deadwood.

Morgan Gibbs-White is linked with Tottenham and with that in mind, it’s largely been doom and gloom in the transfer window so far from a Forest perspective.

Dan Ndoye has been linked with Forest this weekend, however, and hopefully, the next week or two can see some new faces come into the club.

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Nottingham Forest pushing hard for Jacob Ramsey

It was claimed last week that Forest wanted Ramsey from Aston Villa and now it would appear as though the Reds are pushing hard to sign him.

According to journalist Sebastien Vidal, the Reds are firmly at the front of the race to sign the versatile player and it’s believed a fee of £50 million might be needed.

It’s worth mentioning that the source isn’t exactly one of the big transfer gurus and perhaps the fee feels inflated given that it was previously claimed that Villa would likely command around £40 million.

Ramsey has found regular game time hard to come by at Villa Park and given that he came through the academy, selling him would be superb from a PSR point of view for the Premier League rivals of Forest.

Forest need new signings quickly

Steven Gerrard previously called Ramsey ‘outstanding’ when he was the boss of Aston Villa and now he could be on the move this summer.

He’s fallen down the pecking order a little bit at Villa Park and as a result, Unai Emery could be willing to offload him this summer.

Forest won’t be paying £50 million to sign Ramsey and as such, a deal will need to be negotiated with the club that reached the Europa League last season.

Ramsey looks like a useful signing from a Forest perspective, with the player boasting lots of potential and the experience of playing in the Premier League that the Reds would love some of their new signings to possess.