Nottingham Forest are trying hard to sign new players before the season gets underway in just over a week.
Forest play Brentford first up, and the hope will be that the Reds can get off to a strong start.
Dan Ndoye signed last week from Bologna and he looked lively during a 0-0 draw with Fiorentina last night.
It was the fourth time in five matches that the Reds have drawn 0-0 in pre-season, and the challenge for Forest on Saturday is to score some goals against Al-Qadisiyah at the City Ground.
The Reds are in need of more players before the season gets underway in a week or so, and it does appear as though things are ramping up a bit in that sense.
Nottingham Forest wanted Douglas Luiz last summer
Forest are interested in Douglas Luiz this summer, and his experience would be telling in the midfield engine room.
It would appear that this signing is actually a long time coming, with the Reds wanting to sign Luiz last season before he made a £43 million switch to Juventus.
With the Reds having some money to play with, The Athletic claims that Forest went and got Elliot Anderson instead 12 months ago, paving the way for Juve to swoop on Luiz.
Anderson has proved an inspired signing and now, Forest are working to agree a deal with Luiz over a transfer from Juventus before the window closes.
Edu will want to get Luiz over the line this summer
Edu has tried – and failed – to sign Luiz on two occasions when he was at Arsenal.
With that in mind, he won’t want to collect the matchball for a hat-trick of failed attempts at signing the same player.
Luiz is somewhat different to Anderson in the sense that he can also play as more of a six in the midfield engine room, and he might actually be the perfect partner for the Geordie.
This transfer could rumble on for a little while but if Forest do get Luiz, it will be 12 months in the making.
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