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We asked for your views on who you would like Nottingham Forest to keep, loan and sell from the squad this summer.

Here are some of your comments:

Peter: Keep Jair Cunha - a real prospect in defence, especially in a back three with Murillo and Milenkovic. Loan James McAtee - he needs guaranteed game time to regain his confidence. Perhaps he could join one of the newly promoted clubs or a top Championship team, or maybe abroad. Sell Dan Ndoye as he hasn't shown progress over the season but is suited to European leagues and will probably have an excellent World Cup.

Paul: I'd keep Bakwa, who after a tough first season has shown glimpses of his potential. James McAtee needs a loan spell to get regular first-team football, and I'd sell Morato as we have younger and more reliable central defenders.

Michael: I'd keep Ndoye. Though he's not necessarily been on the fringes, he hasn't seemed to make his mark properly yet and I think he's hugely talented and could be a real asset for us moving into his second full season with a more stable structure at the helm. Of course have to keep Awoniyi too, for everything he has done for the club since his arrival as our most expensive signing of that first Premier League transfer window. I would loan out Cuiabano to give him some more experience, ideally over in France or Germany, as he's unlikely to break into the first XI this season with Murillo signing the extension and the Serbinator keeping it solid at the back. I'm not confident in John Victor, and having released Gunn and Ortega, this would mean we could go for a younger keeper with some experience to back up Sels this season and perhaps take the gloves for the future from there.

David: Jair Cunha has lots of potential and must stay. Opportunities will come next season and he will establish himself in the team. Loan out James McAtee as he needs to regain confidence. Sell Dan Ndoye as he has made very little impact.

Paul T: Keep - James McAtee - he is close to the finished product. Loan out - Kalimuendo - still not ready for the Premier League. Sell - Bakwa/ Morato - too slow or not suitable for the Premier League.

Giles: Regrettably but inevitably, sell Anderson, wish him the best and reinvest sensibly on two or three quality folk; keep McAtee or Hutchinson and loan out the other for more minutes and game maturity.

Sean: We should keep Kalimuendo, he showed with us and with Frankfurt that he's got a bit of pace and some goalscoring ability, but I also think he'd benefit from our two-striker system. Loan out Zach Abbott. He's got a bright future for us but he needs minutes on the pitch regularly now. Sell Hudson-Odoi. Controversial I know but as good as he has been for us, he does get injured regularly, and with competition from Bakwa and Hutchinson for his position, I'd rather give those two a chance.

Jesse: I think sell Anderson, loan out Cunha and keep Gibbs-White. Anderson wants to go and £120m+ is a huge amount of money. Cunha needs time to develop and Forest have strength in the central defence. Gibbs-White has been the driving force of Forest's attack this season and I think he's irreplaceable. If they sell Anderson, they are already getting enough money.

Change is inevitable at football clubs during the summer months and we want to ask you something specific about Nottingham Forest's squad.

Tell us:

• One player who has been on the fringes who should be kept and why?

• One player who should be loaned out

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Four years since helping Bristol Rovers win promotion from League Two, Elliot Anderson faces what could be a defining summer.

Anderson is expected to be one of England's key players at the World Cup, and his stellar performances for Nottingham Forest have led to such significant transfer interest that he is likely to become the most expensive British footballer ever.

The 23-year-old has quickly become a key man for national team boss Thomas Tuchel - winning eight caps this season, just three years after being called up by Scotland.

He is expected to start alongside Declan Rice in the heart of midfield when they begin their World Cup campaign against Croatia on 17 June (kick-off 21:00 BST).

As he prepares for that, his club future remains uncertain. Forest have already turned down a significant bid from Manchester City for Anderson, as owner Evangelos Marinakis holds out for a reported £110m.

He scored a superb equaliser to salvage an unlikely point at Etihad Stadium in March, and the Blues have long admired the player. They firmed up their interest last week with an opening bid and sources say they are expected to make another.

Anderson tops the club's list of midfield targets following the departure of captain Bernardo Silva, and such has been his rise that they will not be swayed from paying a fee that could become a record for a British player.

Anderson's eye-catching performances earned him a team of the season spot in BBC Sport's first end-of-season football awards - and his statistics make for incredible reading.

Among all top-flight players, Anderson managed to:

• Have the most touches of the ball (3,300).

• Win the most duels (297).

• Win the most fouls (80).

• Win possession the most times overall (306) as well as in the middle third (154) and defensive third of the pitch (127).

Among central midfielders, he also made the most line-breaking passes (376), completed the most overall passes (2,038) and made the most dribbles (95).

He became the first player since Declan Rice in 2019-20 to win possession more than 300 times in a Premier League season. Out of possession he worked hard too, his 1,895 high-intensity pressures were the most applied by a central midfielder.

So, to some, his success is no surprise.

Read the full article here

Nick Mashiter
Football reporter

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Stefan Ortega heads the departure list at Nottingham Forest.

The goalkeeper joined Forest from Manchester City in February and made 10 appearances, seven in the club's run to the Europa League semi-finals.

John Victor is expected to be fit for the start of the season after suffering a serious knee injury in January, with Matz Sels Forest's No.1.

Defender Willy Boly and goalkeeper Angus Gunn will also leave the club at the end of their contracts this month.

Striker Lorenzo Lucca, signed on loan from Napoli in January, is returning to the Serie A club having scored once in nine appearances.

"Everyone at Nottingham Forest thanks Willy, Angus, Stefan and Lorenzo for their contributions while on Trentside, wishing them the very best for their next steps," read a club statement.

Co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe is willing to satisfy the wage demands of Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson, 23, in order to bring him to Manchester United. (Mirror), external

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Manchester City reporter

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Manchester City last week had an opening bid for midfielder Elliot Anderson rejected by Nottingham Forest.

The 23-year-old England international tops City's list of midfield targets following the departure of captain Bernardo Silva, and sources say they are expected to make another bid.

City have long admired Anderson and will not be swayed from paying a significant fee, which could become a record fee for a British player.

Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis is known to be a tough negotiator and is understood to want more than the £105m Arsenal paid to sign midfielder Declan Rice from West Ham in 2023.

Anderson is currently at the World Cup, but England boss Thomas Tuchel has said squad members will have permission to finalise transfers provided it does not significantly affect the team's preparations.

BBC Sport has previously reported Anderson is leaning towards a move to City over rivals Manchester United.

The countdown to the World Cup is well and truly on, so here's a reminder of the Reds selected to represent their countries from 11 June to 19 July.

The expanded 48-team competition is set to be the biggest in history, with the United States, Canada and Mexico hosting.

Nottingham Forest's World Cup contingent:

• Elliot Anderson (England)

• Tyler Bindon (New Zealand)

• Angus Gunn (Scotland)

• Dan Ndoye (Switzerland)

• Ibrahim Sangare (Ivory Coast)

• Chris Wood (New Zealand)

Bindon has returned from his season-long loan spell at Sheffield United.

Take a dive into each of the 48 squads here

Read more about the World Cup squads in numbers

Find out more about how to follow the competition on the BBC

Click here to download your World Cup 2026 wallchart

Atalanta are in talks with Nottingham Forest over a deal to bring centre-back Nicolo Savona back to Serie A. (Goal - in Italian), external

Manchester United remain intent on signing Elliot Anderson, with the club's executives optimistic they can beat Manchester City to the midfielder, who is valued at about £100m by Forest. (Guardian), external

However, Anderson is said to have expressed a desire to join City over United. (Talksport), external

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We asked for your views on what one thing needs to change at Nottingham Forest before the new campaign and why.

Here are some of your comments:

John: Keeping the group of the current team has to be fundamental to continuing the impressive last 10 Premier League matches. We cannot start over with the heart of the team ripped out. The spine needs to stay; Gibbs-White, Anderson, Murillo and Sels just have to remain. Then get that main stand replaced and construction started. This will demonstrate the club's ambitions fully!

Kevin: Avoid the chaos of last season! A settled manager, a settled squad and get rid of Edu.

Matt: Unity. We need a united front between Vitor and the club for our summer transfer strategy. The quicker the incomings and outgoings are sorted, the better our pre-season training will be. I fear this will all hinge on the sale of Anderson, who I would love to stay, but realistically we'll need the sale to reinvest in the squad and the sooner the better.

Mossy: After the whistle was blown at the last game against Bournemouth, the next sound should have been bulldozers starting up to make a start on developing the stadium, years wasted on talks with the council will cost the club eventually. Mr Marinakis should have built a stadium elsewhere in Nottingham.

Ollie: Recruitment - simply put, Forest need to get the recruitment right in the summer to drive on up the table and achieve another taste of European football. With everything that's gone on with Edu and the signings made last summer, the players signed seemed to be for a certain style, and not one that suits the current team. I'm expecting some movement with the squad, but whatever that amounts to, it needs to be spot on, with a new striker being the priority.

David: We need to get on the front foot earlier this summer and bring in players to strengthen the squad in good time to allow the coaching staff to work with the whole squad as a group before the season begins. Last year we were too slow and too late and made some questionable signings which seemed to be panic-driven.

Edward: Get all the transfer business agreed and done as early as possible so there can be a calm, uneventful and transformative pre-season. We all know what happens when that isn't the case.

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Lina Souloukou is to step down from her role as chief executive of Nottingham Forest.

Souloukou has been in the position since January 2025.

In a club statement, Souloukou said: "It has been an honour to serve as the chief executive of Nottingham Forest. I have enjoyed my time here enormously and feel that we have made incredible progress under the ownership of Evangelos Marinakis."

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The fee Nottingham Forest may eventually receive for Elliot Anderson may be "slightly deflated" because of there being a "one-buyer market" for the midfielder, says The i's chief football writer Daniel Storey.

Manchester City had had an opening bid for Anderson rejected by Nottingham Forest on Wednesday, but there is a growing expectation the 23-year-old will leave the City Ground this summer.

A potential fee could be a record for a British player and eclipse the £105m Arsenal paid West Ham for Declan Rice in 2023.

"We have created an environment to let an exceptional footballer be the best version of himself, better than anyone thought he would be," Storey told BBC Radio Nottingham's Shut Up And Show More Football podcast.

"One of the problems Forest have is they simultaneously want the fee to be as high as possible, which is absolutely right, and also would like a bit of a bidding war.

"Premier League clubs now selling at high prices generally takes out the world outside England bar two or three teams. There has never been reported interest from Bayern Munich or Real Madrid or Barcelona so we have a Premier League market."

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Storey continued: "Manchester United were really keen but they have two or probably three midfielders to buy so I don't think they can go as high as the fee would be. So, effectively, we have a one-buyer market, which is Manchester City. In a one-buyer market, it is hard to avoid the fee being slightly deflated than what you'd like as City can wait it out and do their business towards the end of the window.

"But, City may well also want to do business early and the fee, even if it is slightly deflated, I think will still be at least £90m which is an enormous amount of money.

"We know he's going, we know he has to go, but it's all about how Forest replace him. It's hard to do when he's still at the club as it shows they're really happy to sell Anderson and then the fee drops a little again.

"There has been no sense of him kicking up a fuss, he seems a really good guy, so we are now just in that negotiation phase. My gut feeling is it will be around £100m which somehow both doesn't feel quite enough but is also more than double what Forest have ever sold a player for."

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A new episode of BBC Radio Nottingham's Shut Up And Show More Football podcast is now available to listen to and download on BBC Sounds.

David Jackson talks to journalist and Forest fan Daniel Storey before he heads to the USA to cover the World Cup.

Hear his thoughts on Elliot Anderson's inclusion in Thomas Tuchel's England Squad, the prospect of his move to Manchester City this summer, and Morgan Gibbs-White's exclusion despite an excellent season.

Listen below or on BBC Sounds here - and don't forget to subscribe to get each episode into your My Sounds feed.

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Chris Collinson
BBC Sport statistician

With all 48 World Cup squads now confirmed, we look at how they shape up and compare with each other leading into the tournament.

Which clubs have the most players?

Looking just at the 20 clubs that made up the 2025-26 Premier League, only this season's top three have more players at the World Cup than Conference League winners Crystal Palace (12).

Including players out on loan over the season, Sunderland remarkably have as many representatives on the global stage as Chelsea and Liverpool (11), showing just how globe-trotting their recruitment was following promotion last summer.

The majority of Brentford, Everton and Leeds' squads can put their feet up and recharge their batteries for next season, with those clubs sending just four players each.

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The 2026-27 Premier League season will be here before we know it, with the first matches taking place on Saturday, 22 August.

We have a simple question for you - what one thing needs to change at your club before the new campaign and why?

It can be a player, manager, ticketing issue, owner, or wider change.

Let us know in detail here

Nick Mashiter
Football reporter

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The turning point of the season was...

It depends which way you look at it. It could be the fall out between Edu and Nuno Espirito Santo last summer, which ultimately paved the way for Nuno's departure after just three games and the chaos that came in the following weeks and months.

Or it is appointing Vitor Pereira in February, who steadied the ship, reassured the players and guided Forest to safety.

This season has exceeded/not matched up to expectation because...

Forest's recent seasons have not been quiet - relegation battles or challenging for Champions League qualification - and this was no exception. It matched the expectation of upheaval but it did not meet what was demanded on the pitch. Forest wanted to build on last season's seventh place, especially after spending £180m, and did not plan for a season of struggle.

Based off performances this year, the player who could break through next campaign is...

Defender Zach Abbott is highly rated by Vitor Pereira, despite making only 10 appearances this season, and could make a further step up next term.

The one player/coach who deserves more credit is...

Elliot Anderson and Morgan Gibbs-White grabbed most of the headlines but Nikola Milenkovic continued to do his job at the back, perhaps not as consistently as the previous season but who was? He remains crucial to Forest while striker Igor Jesus deserves plaudits in his role in Chris Wood's absence as he adapted to the Premier League in his debut season.

The goal for the summer has to be...

Stability. Vitor Pereira has already called for that and he will sign a new contract over the summer, having penned an 18-month deal when he joined in February. There needs to be calm, not chaos, over the summer.

Nottingham Forest will hold talks with 28-year-old midfielder Ibrahim Sangare over a new contract amid interest in the Ivorian from Manchester United and Besiktas. (Football Insider), external

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We asked for your views on which players Nottingham Forest should sign from the three relegated Premier League sides Wolves,Burnley and West Ham United..

Here are some of your suggestions:

Toby: I would take a punt on Hugo Bueno and Rodrigo Gomes from Wolves. They are both promising players, who looked good in a poor team. Mateus Fernandes from West Ham, who we were linked with last summer, is also someone who should be high on our list. I wouldn't mind either Taty Castellanos or Callum Wilson from there too. From Burnley, I could only really say Zian Flemming - but would he get near the starting XI? I'm not sure.

David: For me, Fernandes from West Ham would make a better signing than Hayden Hackney from Middlesbrough. Andre and Joao Gomes from Wolves would also bolster the team and fit in with the other Portuguese speakers at the club.

Phil: We should look at Jarrod Bowen from West Ham. He is a very good team player who gives 100%, he has a vast wealth of experience and he knows what is required to succeed in the Premier League.

Stewart: Three choices for me. Jose Sa from Wolves could be ideal back-up for Matz Sels. Flemming from Burnley could be ideal back-up for Chris Wood up front. The cherry on top would be Bowen from West Ham, to give the attack something different and unexpected.

Roger: I think we need to take a good look around the world first, before rushing to use the Championship market for often overpriced players. There is a lot of potential talent to be found abroad.

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BBC Radio Nottingham reporter

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The most significant moment of the season - good or bad - was...

Winning at Midtjylland in the Europa League. Identified as the night when Nottingham Forest's fringe players delivered, it was the moment Vitor Pereira says he knew he had a squad capable of staying up. They only lost once - very controversially - in the Premier League after that.

The season has been a success because...

Even with four head coaches, the club has managed to combine Premier League survival with a first European campaign for 30 years and a run to the semi-finals.

The unsung hero of the season is...

Is it possible to call the player of the year the unsung hero? Given all the headlines and plaudits rightly handed to the likes of Elliot Anderson and Morgan Gibbs-White this season, it was great to see Neco Williams crowned player of year. He has quietly gone about his business and he has played at a consistently high level all season.

If there is a player or staff member with more to do in future it is...

James McAtee. It has been a difficult first season at Forest for the attacking midfielder but more than one of Forest's head coaches this season has talked about the quality he shows in training and that he can do things others can't. Maybe next season will be when he flourishes.

The major club issue or talking point lurking is...

As always at this time of year, the major club issue lurking is whether they will lose any of their star talents.

There is obviously a lot of talk about Anderson and it will be interesting to see Forest's stance on that during the summer. Can they keep him and, if that seems unlikely, how can they reinvest the club-record fee he would attract in order to compensate for his loss?

The reason for hope going forward is...

The last 10 games of the Premier League season. Under immense pressure, and with a squad decimated by injury, they lost just once (amid hugely controversial circumstances of course) to secure Premier League survival.

Take away midweek European football, add in some shrewd summer investment and a new contract for Pereira, who has done an incredible job to reunite and regalvanise the club, and that certainly equals a recipe for hope.

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Two-time Nottingham Forest European Cup winning captain John McGovern has paid tribute to former team-mate John Robertson.

Robertson, widely regarded as one of Forest's greatest players, died aged 72 at Christmas and after the final game of the season the club conducted a naming ceremony to mark the Bridgford Stand being renamed the John Robertson Stand in his honour.

Asked how Robertson would react to having a stand named after him at the City Ground, McGovern told the Shut Up And Show More Football podcast: "Flabbergasted I would think!

"John was what you'd call one of the lads - the lads being a very good football team! He fitted in brilliantly and was the best player in that team.

"It was a marriage made in heaven. You had a team that wanted to play football managed by Peter Taylor and Brian Clough, which meant all the players would keep their feet on the ground.

"In John's case there was no need for that, he would always keep his feet on the ground. Especially when he was running past full-backs which he did regularly at the time!

"He was the best player in our side, the most consistent, and we were just glad he didn't get injured because it would be so difficult to replace him if he was out for a couple of weeks."

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