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Newcastle schedule medical for 30-year-old goalkeeper who is set to join the club

Charlie Patrick — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 20:58:09 +0000

Newcastle have booked a medical for Odysseas Vlachodimos with the goalkeeper set to join the club from Nottingham Forest.

The Magpies have been under heavy pressure to raise funds ahead of Sunday’s profit and sustainability deadline and there have been reports that star players Anthony Gordon and Alexander Isak could leave the club.

However, it appears that won’t be happening as Newcastle have agreed deals to sell Yankuba Minteh and Elliot Anderson.

Newcastle book Vlachodimos medical

Winger Minteh is set to join Brighton for £33m whilst Anderson is set to join Forest in a deal worth £35m.

However, it’s not all about outgoings at St James’ Park, and it appears as part of the Anderson deal Greek goalkeeper Vlachodimos will be joining the Magpies.

Fabrizio Romano has reported that a medical has been booked in for Vlachodimos as he edges closer to completing his move to the north east.

Romano took to X.com and said:

“Newcastle have booked medical for Odysseas Vlachodimos later today in order to complete move from Nottingham Forest.

“Elliot Anderson will move to #NFFC in £35m transfer, second one after Yankuba Minteh to Brighton. Vlachodimos has accepted, as Daily Mail called.”

????? Newcastle have booked medical for Odysseas Vlachodimos later today in order to complete move from Nottingham Forest.

?? Elliot Anderson will move to #NFFC in £35m transfer, second one after Yankuba Minteh to Brighton.

Vlachodimos has accepted, as Daily Mail called. pic.twitter.com/C27mvc9drQ

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 30, 2024

The 30-year-old looks likely to become Newcastle’s second signing of the summer after defender Lloyd Kelly arrived on a free transfer from Bournemouth.

Vlachodimos joined Forest from Portuguese giants Benfica last summer and made seven appearances in all competitions last season, as he played second fiddle to Matt Turner for the majority of the campaign.

Three Premier League clubs, including one in the Champions League interested in Nottingham Forest star

Charlie Patrick — Fri, 24 May 2024 15:55:43 +0000

Tottenham are among the teams interested in signing Nottingham Forest winger Callum Hudson-Odoi, with a Premier League club in the Champions League also interested according to reports.

Hudson-Odoi left Chelsea last summer and moved to The City Ground for a bargain fee of just £3m with £2m of potential add ons, where he has enjoyed a successful first season.

The 23-year-old scored eight goals in 29 Premier League appearances as Forest stayed up for the second consecutive season, despite a points deduction late on in the campaign.

Three Premier League clubs interested in Hudson Odoi

Hudson-Odoi’s form is attracting interest from within the Premier League and given Forest’s potential issues with Financial Fair Play and Profit and Sustainability rules, the club may need to sell players this summer.

Reports have recently linked Spurs with a move for the Chelsea academy graduate, but an update from Sky Sports News suggests Ange Postecoglou’s side won’t have a clear run at the Forest star.

BREAKING: Three unnamed Premier League clubs are interested in signing Nottingham Forest's Callum Hudson-Odoi ?? pic.twitter.com/fEHDUYZBOa

— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) May 24, 2024

Live on air reporter Matt Ford said:

“We’ve got a bit of breaking news for you that concerns Nottingham Forest and Callum Hudson-Odoi who finished the season very strong for Forest.

“We’re hearing three unnamed Premier League clubs are interested in signing Hudson-Odoi.

“One of those is understood to be a Champions League club, so one of Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City or Aston Villa apparently interested.

“He scored eight goals in 20 Premier League starts last season and he’s about to enter the last two years of his contract.”

Forest won’t want to lose a player who has been an important part of the team this season just gone, but they will also know his stock is high right now, and they would be in line to make a significant profit on a player they signed just last summer.

Video- Gary Neville calls for Mark Clattenburg to step down from Nottingham Forest role

Charlie Patrick — Sun, 21 Apr 2024 19:22:44 +0000

Gary Neville has called for Mark Clattenburg to step down from his role at Nottingham Forest immediately following the club’s statement on Premier League officials.

Forest posted a statement on social media criticising referring decisions following their 2-0 defeat to Everton at Goodison Park, where they feel they should have had three penalties.

The club described the decisions as extremely poor and insinuated VAR official Stuart Atwell was biased because he’s a fan of Luton, who are fighting with Forest to stay up.

Watch: Neville calls for Clattenburg to step down

"He must resign from his job at Nottingham Forest" ?

Gary Neville says Mark Clattenburg has to stand down tonight ? pic.twitter.com/VF2z4snn9s

— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) April 21, 2024

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Video: Erling Haaland bags first-half hat-trick against Nottingham Forest

Ruairidh Barlow — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 19:46:34 +0000

Nottingham Forest may be pushing towards 20 signings this summer, but Manchester City are putting them to the sword with just one this evening. It is only half-time at the Etihad Stadium, but Erling Haaland has put three past Forest.

The Norwegian striker has not taken long to hit his stride following his move from Borussia Dortmund and already has 11 goals in his four-and-a-half games in the Premier League, making it consecutive hat-tricks following his triple against Crystal Palace.

It only takes one touch! ?

Erling Haaland continues to take the Premier League by storm with a smart finish! ? pic.twitter.com/5LsYrbz8xm

— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) August 31, 2022

The simplest of finishes for Erling Haaland!

It's still August and he's scored EIGHT goals for Manchester City! ? pic.twitter.com/RhTZdcuA2x

— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) August 31, 2022

This Erling Haaland lad is pretty good, eh? ??? pic.twitter.com/IYAK5T4ple

— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) August 31, 2022

Any doubts about his ability to adapt to the Premier League are being blown to pieces by Haaland, who at this point looks like a frightening prospect in an already excellent Manchester City side.

While it is true that City have mostly played teams expected to finish in the bottom half of the table, scoring at a rate of over two goals a game is impressive for any striker no matter the opposition.

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Nottingham Forest to beat Premier League clubs to striker and make 17th signing

Ruairidh Barlow — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 17:44:07 +0000

Nottingham Forest are set to continue their remarkable summer spending spree with the signing of Hwang Ui-Jo, as per Fabrizio Romano.

The Italian journalist believes that there is a €5m (£4.21m) deal between Forest and Girondins de Bordeaux, who were relegated last summer. Once the deal is complete, Ui-Jo would be loaned to Olympiakos for a season.

Bordeaux striker Hwang Ui-jo is close to sign with Nottingham Forest on three years contract, then he will be loaned one year to Olympiacos. ??? #transfers

Deal agreed with Bordeaux for €5m.

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 23, 2022

Ui-Jo scored 11 goals in 32 appearances for a poor Bordeaux side last season and has attracted interest in both Ligue 1 and the Premier League. Last month the striker himself confirmed in an interview that West Ham had made a bid for him, but it appears negotiations never got beyond that stage.

As if Forest’s spending had not raised enough eyebrows this summer, the fact they might add to their £133m spend so far in order to merely loan a player out may raise further questions. It seems Forest are looking for market opportunities even if they will not improve their side, perhaps with a view to selling them on if they do well.

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Nottingham Forest set sights on Real Madrid cast off

Ruairidh Barlow — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 17:37:23 +0000

Nottingham Forest continue to make waves with their transfer activity, following the news that they have agreed to spend over £40m on their next signing from Wolves. Their next addition might come from the current Champions of Europe.

According to Diario AS, Forest are looking for another right-back to compete with Neco Williams and Alvaro Odriozola is one of their targets. The 25-year-old defender arrived in Madrid as a young talent from Real Sociedad in 2018, costing Los Blancos £28.8m at the time.

Odriozola made a 27 appearances last season for Fiorentina.

Yet Odriozola has failed to settle in Madrid and has spent two of the last three seasons on loan at Bayern Munich and Fiorentina respectively. Odriozola had been keen to fight for his place at the Santiago Bernabeu but Carlo Ancelotti has made it clear that he is not part of their plans.

No price tag was mentioned but Los Blancos are unlikely to demand a significant fee for Odriozola. Despite his incredible pace and capacity to attack down the right, he has always been somewhat error prone since hisbig move to the Spanish capital.

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Nottingham Forest agree to incredible £42.5m fee for Wolves midfielder

Ruairidh Barlow — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 16:05:04 +0000

Nottingham Forest have perhaps been the biggest surprise of the transfer market this season, bringing in an incredible total of 15 players this summer. They have also been one of the biggest spenders of the summer, so far putting down £106.7m for those players.

The newly-promoted side are not done yet though and their latest transfer could take them close to the £150m barrier. According to David Ornstein, Forest have agreed to put down a total of £42.5m for Wolves midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White, should all of his add-ons be fulfilled.

The fixed fee is to be £25m but a further £10m is expected to be paid too, while the remaining £7.5m will be trickier targets to reach.

? Final numbers for Morgan Gibbs-White transfer from Wolverhampton Wanderers to Nottingham Forest:

£25m payment up front & guaranteed

£7-10m to follow in likely add-ons

The remainder is more difficult to achieve but can rise up to maximum of £42.5m@TheAthleticUK #NFFC #WWFC https://t.co/G0xfQqZwxN

— David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) August 18, 2022

Even without the context of Forest’s previous spending, it is a remarkable fee to spend on player who is yet to play regularly in the Premier League. Gibbs-White, 22, was on loan at Sheffield United in the Championship last season and impressed, directly contributing to 20 goals from midfield. Still, it has to go down as an expensive gamble from Forest.

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Premier League side has plans approved to expand stadium

Ruairidh Barlow — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 16:56:07 +0000

Nottingham Forest had been out of the Premier League for 23 years before winning promotion last season, but it appears they are planning to stay if their summer activity is anything to go by.

Forest have made a grand total of 11 signings and spending in the region of £74m, Steve Cook has an almost entirely new team with which to affront the challenge of the Premier League.

Today it emerged that they will be redeveloping their stadium. As per the BBC, Rushborough City Council approved plans to renovate the City Ground, which has not had any work done on it for 25 years.

Nottingham Forest get the green light to develop the City Ground ? #NFFC | #EPL pic.twitter.com/Tv21kvUo3X

— Louis Wheeldon (@LouisWheeldonNS) July 28, 2022

The new plans will the capacity increased from 30,450 seats to 35,000, as the Peter Taylor Stand is remodelled. The club also applied for permission to construct two 13-story buildings and will invest £470,000 in the community.

Many have raised eyebrows about the heavy spending from Nottingham Forest, but it just goes to show the immense financial advantages that Premier League clubs experience. At the very least, fans will not be able to accuse their club of lacking ambition.

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Play-off hero departs Nottingham Forest for Ligue 1

Ruairidh Barlow — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 18:44:16 +0000

Nottingham Forest are looking forward to being back in the Premier League for the first time in 23 years, but will do so without one of the players who did the most to get them back there.

The writing has been on the wall for some time after Forest brought in Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson on the loan. Samba’s deal was expiring next summer and he had made it clear to the club that he would not be renewing his contract.

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? https://t.co/Lx2r0zfsyL #Mercatix #FierDEtreLensois @samba_brice pic.twitter.com/mUBpf4tj1y

— Racing Club de Lens (@RCLens) July 5, 2022

On Tuesday evening, Ligue 1 side RC Lens announced an agreement for Samba, although no fee was given. Nottinghamshire Live referenced a L’Equipe report which set the fee at £4.3m.

Samba made a series of crucial saves in the Championship Play-Off semi-final to see Forest through to the final and without him, may well not have made it to the top division. Even if Henderson could arguably be called an upgrade on Samba, Forest fans will surely feel a pang of regret that Samba is leaving after three years and a significant contribution.

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Bayern Munich open to Premier League for English defender

Ruairidh Barlow — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 17:06:34 +0000

Nottingham Forest are reportedly lining up a third signing from the Bundesliga this summer. A player from none other than the biggest bully of the bunch, Bayern Munich.

Following the acquisition of Taiwo Awoniyi from Union Berlin, Fabrizio Romano confirmed that Mainz 05 defender Moussa Niakhate would also be joining the club. Having already loaned Dean Henderson from Manchester United, now Forest are looking to Bayern’s Omar Richards as they revolutionise their defence.

Richards averaged just over 32 minutes per appearance last season.

Richards, 24, moved to Bayern last summer from Reading on a free. A left-back by trade, Richards was competing chiefly against Canadian superstar Alphonso Davies and unsurprisingly found minutes hard to come by. Despite making 17 appearances for Bayern, that only amounted to 546 minutes in total.

According to SkySports Germany, as carried by the Metro, FC Hollywood are happy to let Richards depart for £10m, a price which is unlikely to put Nottingham Forest off. If both this and the Niakhate deal make it through, that would make it a right-back (Giuliano Biancone), left-back, central defender and goalkeeper that Steve Cook has recruited this summer. It’s a clear indication of where he believes they need to improve next season.

Image via MICHAELA REHLE/AFP via Getty Images

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