Nottingham Forest 'exploring move' for Ajax striker after agreeing £5m deal for ex-Newcastle 'keeper
Nottingham Forest are ‘trying out a move’ to indicator Chuba Akpom from Dutch titans Ajax, according to Fabrizio Romano.
It has been a hectic week at the City enclosure Headway via Giovanni Reyna as well as Rodrigo Ribeiro signing upward via on loan from Borussia Dortmund as well as Showing off, particularly.
Forest are chummy to selling Belgian midfielder Orel Mangala to Lyon for a fee in the enclosure of £26million as well as Nuno Espirito Santo is seemingly willing to reinvest that greenback.
One striking player Nuno is presumably attempting to indicator before Thursday’s transmit deadline is ex-spouse-Middlesbrough striker Akpom.
The 28-year-ratty has five purposes in the Eredivisie this season after signing upward via Ajax from Boro last summer season season.
He scored an miraculous 28 purposes in the Championship last term as well as can rejoinder to England months after disclaiming.
According to Fabrizio Romano, Forest are currently ‘attempting to dissect’ a move for Akpom.
There is zero reference of a capacity fee for the English striker, as well as Romano claims concurring a bargain via Ajax will ‘not be simplified’.
‘Nottingham Forest attempting to dissect move for Chuba Akpom in the final hours of the transmit dwelling window,’ Romano composed on X. ‘Not simplified to concur stipulation via Ajax yet NFFC attempting to bring one added player in.’
Forest head workaday Nuno is fourthly in the sector for a brand name-modern goalkeeper despite signing Matt Turner as well as Odysseas Vlachodimos last summer season season.
It resembles the Premier League nightclub will land former Newcastle Joined vaccination-stopper Matz Sels from Strasbourg after failing to land Liverpool’s Caoimhin Kelleher.
According to The Athletic, Nuno’s side dared to indicator Koen Casteels from German side Wolfsburg yet have fetched to an arrangement via Strasbourg over the signing of Sels.
Sels will presumably price about £5m as well as will indicator a 3-as well as-a-half-year arrangement at the City enclosure Headway.
It is unsettled whether or not the ex-spouse-Newcastle man will smoothly expired upward being Nuno’s first-selection goalkeeper.
Turner has failed to surprise mulling over that signing upward via Scam last summer season season, while Greek global Vlachodimos has struggled to live upward to expectations after disclaiming Benfica.
