Nottingham Forest are trying desperately to bolster their squad ahead of the transfer window closing.
A striker is the order of the day with Forest looking to sign Napoli star Lorenzo Lucca, although the Reds face interest from other clubs – most notably Pisa.
It would appear that Sean Dyche would like some of his own players to arrive at the City Ground and Evangelos Marinakis appears keen to give him the tools to try and keep Forest in the Premier League.
This week, attentions turn towards the Europa League once again and the Reds have two games to try and secure a top-eight finish that would mean Forest avoid a play-off to reach the last 16.
In the meantime, it would appear that a Brazilian club are now keen to sign two players who won’t be eligible to play for the Reds in Braga on Thursday night.
Two Nottingham Forest players wanted by Vasco da Gama
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According to reports in Brazil, Vasco are keen to sign Cuiabano before he’s even kicked a ball for the Forest senior team, with his future uncertain.
Cuiabano was added from Botafogo along with Igor Jesus, John Victor and Jair Cunha in the summer but returned to Brazil on loan to see out the season.
The other player is somewhat more surprising, with Jair Cunha now also in the sights of the Brazilian team during the January transfer window.
Cunha played pretty well in the FA Cup defeat at Wrexham, and there is a consensus among the fan base that he should be getting minutes ahead of Morato.
It’s not clear at this stage whether or not Forest would sanction either deal but it does feel as though there will be some more departures before the window closes.
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Forest have to keep Jair Cunha
It’s hard to make a judgment call on Cuiabano yet, as nobody has seen enough of him in England to suggest what he’s capable of.
However, Cunha has looked steady when he’s played, and he didn’t look out of place during his Premier League bow against Newcastle when Ange Postecoglou was in charge.
As a young player, Forest have to keep Cunha at the club, and if anything is sanctioned, it should purely be a loan deal to allow the youngster to get some minutes under his belt.
It’s quite alarming that the majority of the links involve players leaving the club and there’s a real worry that the squad could be considerably weaker when the window closes than when it started.
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