Wrexham make fresh bid to sign £10m Nottingham Forest player, Nuno Espirito Santo doesn’t want him

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Nottingham Forest might have done more outgoing business than incoming this summer but more players are still to leave the club.

The Reds are still feeling the impact of some reckless spending following promotion to the Premier League back in 2022 and some stragglers remain on Trentside.

With the Forest first team currently out in Portugal, a number of players have been left behind in Nottingham as they seek moves away from the club.

Josh Bowler has been linked with a move to Reading this summer, whilst the future of Emmanuel Dennis is up in the air, with the Nigerian something of a forgotten man.

Now, with the window in full swing, it looks as though another member of the Forest bomb squad is packing his bags for the final time at the City Ground.

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Wrexham making new bid for Lewis O’Brien

The Dragons have serious ambitions to become a Premier League club after completing a third straight promotion by coming second in League One last season.

Phil Parkinson is extremely keen to sign O’Brien from Forest this summer and according to Alan Nixon, a new bid is now set to be imminent.

Forest will let O’Brien leave this summer, with Nuno Espirito Santo not taking him over to Portugal for the summer training camp put on for the senior ranks.

Wrexham couldn’t agree personal terms with O’Brien earlier in the summer but a smaller transfer fee could allow them some wriggle room in that sense.

Forest need to let O’Brien leave permanently

The 26-year-old has the right player at the wrong time for Forest and he did make 14 appearances for the Reds during their maiden campaign back in the top-flight.

O’Brien needs to head off and put some roots down again, with the Championship a league that he knows very well, following spells with Huddersfield, Middlesbrough and Swansea.

Wrexham are an ambitious club with some money to spend and the hope will be that a deal can now be struck between the club and the player.

O’Brien has been unfortunate at Forest but now is the time for the club to stop loaning him out and accept a lower payment to finally get him off the books and let him continue his career elsewhere.