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The stunning £60m Nottingham Forest deal that could see club forget all about FFP concerns
Jason Jones
By Jason Jones
Published 14th May 2024, 19:00 BST
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Forest could face strong interest in one of their key players this summer
You would assume Nottingham Forest are safe. Provided they don’t lose 6-0 to Burnley on Sunday afternoon, and provided Luton Town don’t beat Fulham by the same margin, the City Ground will see Premier League football again next season. Stranger things have happened than that unlikely dozen-goal swing, of course, but not many of them and not very often.
A relegation battle may only be the beginning of Forest’s struggles this summer, however. Having already been docked points this season for financial irregularities, the Midlands club continue to face external pressures from stringent governing bodies, and may be sobering up to the reality of a transfer window in which one or more of their star players are sacrificed as a means of balancing the books.
Chief among those touted for a sale is Morgan Gibbs-White. The playmaker has been a hugely influential presence for Forest during their time in the Premier League, but it is, in an inverse sort of way, his abundance of quality that makes him such a viable candidate for a departure. Few other players in Nuno Espirito Santo’s squad shine like he does, and few could fetch such a hefty fee in one fell swoop.
