Nottingham Forest have today closed in on their 19th signing of the summer market with the aim of tackling their return to the Premier League with maximum guarantees after a 23-year absence.
This historic club’s latest signing to return to English football’s elite is Willy Boly, an Ivory Coast international central defender who, aged 31, signed a two-year contract after leaving Wolverhampton for a transfer fee of 2.6 million euros. In this way he ended his stage at the Molineux Stadium, where he arrived in July 2018 from Porto.
Boly strengthened Nottingham’s defence, scoring 11 goals after Wednesday’s 6-0 drubbing of Manchester City, which is why Forest manager Steve Copper has asked the manager for further reinforcements in this area.
Aurier and Badé too?
According to Fabrizio Romano, a market specialist, the number of Nottingham reinforcements could reach 21 if the last-minute arrivals of Ivorian winger Serge Aurier, 29 years old and free from Villarreal, and French central defender Loïc Badé, 21, was confirmed. year and on loan from Rennes.
Four points in five days
The 160 million euros in reinforcements spent by Nottingham this summer has served them at the moment to win only 4 points in the first five days of the Premier. His only win was against West Ham (1-0) and he also scored in his visit to Everton (1-1). The remaining games resulted in defeats against Newcastle (2-0), Tottenham (0-2) and City (6-0).
All 19 Nottingham signings
160 million euros were invested
Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolves): 29.5 million euros
Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin): 20.5
Nico Williams (Liverpool): 20
Emmanuel Dennis (Watford): 14.8
Orel Nangala (Stuttgart): 13
Giulian Biancone (Troyes): 10
Moussa Niakhate (Mainz): 10
Lewis O’Brien (Huddersfield): 9.4
Rowing Freuler (Atalanta): 9
Omar Richards (Bayern Munich): 8
Renan Lodi (Atletico Madrid): 5 for transfer
Ui-jo Hwang (Bordeaux and loaned to Olympiacos): 4
Willy Boly (Wolves): 2.6
Harry Toffolo (Huddersfield): 2.4
Brandon Aguilera (Alajuelense): 0.9
Wayne Hennessey (Burnley): free
Cheikhou Kouyate (Crystal Palace): free
Jesse Lingard (Manchester United): free
Dean Henderson (Manchester United): loan
Source: La Verdad
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