Nottingham Forest's hectic £157m transfer window predicted with Celtic, Rangers, Everton and Leeds deals
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Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo has already enjoyed a productive summer transfer window after concluding impressive deals for the likes of Newcastle United midfielder Elliot Anderson and Fiorentina defender Nikola Milenkovic.
There have been several outgoings too as the former Wolverhampton Wanderers head coach trimmed his squad by allowing Moussa Niakhate and Orel Mangala to join Lyon, Remo Freuler has made his way to Bologna and goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos has joined Premier League rivals Newcastle. More deals are planned as Nuno looks to continue putting his own stamp on his squad and there have been strong links with the likes of Arsenal and England goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale and Paraguayan international winger Ramon Sosa.
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Hide AdBut we wondered how the remainder of the summer transfer window could play out for Nuno and Forest - so we fired up Football Manager 2024, updated the current Forest squad and let the world’s most popular managerial simulation play out the next month to see what business was conducted at the City Ground.
Goalkeepers
There were no changes for the virtual Nuno’s goalkeeping options, so the only difference to last season was that Brazilian goalkeeper Carlos Miguel has come in from Corinthians and Odysseas Vlachodimos has joined Premier League rivals Newcastle United - after we used the in-game editor to produce a fully up-to-date Forest squad.
Nuno’s goalkeeping options: Turner, Sels, Miguel.
Defenders


Now there are a few changes in the defensive ranks and possibly the most high profile signing was that of Chelsea’s Levi Colwill, who was secured in a £27m deal in the final hours of the window. He is far from the only new face to arrive after Nuno brought in Rangers youngster Leon King and Getafe’s Uruguayan international Gaston Alvarez for a combined cost of £20m. There were several outgoings from the backline as Andrew Omobamidele joined Ipswich Town in a £1m deal and Ola Aina headed to Rennes in a £6m move.
Nuno’s defensive options: Murillo, Milenkovic, Worrall, Boly, Toffolo, Richards, Williams, King, Alvarez, Colwill.
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There were no new midfield additions in the virtual transfer window as Nuno stuck with what he had but the Forest boss did allow Josh Bowler and Lewis O’Brien to join Leeds United and Middlesbrough in season-long loan deals and Jonjo Shelvey headed off the MLS after agreeing a £4m move to Inter Miami.
Nuno’s midfield options: Sangare, Danilo, Dominguez, Anderson, Yates, Gibbs-White.
Forwards


The was something of a refresh of the attacking options with Nuno’s squad as Chris Wood joined Celtic in a cut-price £3m move, Emmanuel Dennis went to the other side of the Glasgow divide to join Rangers and Hwang Ui-Jo bizarrely moved to Austria Vienna. There were three new arrivals to boost the attacking ranks as Nuno completed the £5m addition of Everton’s Neal Maupay before returning to Celtic to sign Japan international Daizen Maeda and then handed over £7m to sign Lokomotiv Moscow winger Sergei Pinyaev.
Nuno’s forward options: Hudson-Odoi, Elanga, Awoniyi, Maupay, Pinyaev, Maeda.
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Anderson (£35m from Newcastle United), Milenkovic (£10m from Fiorentina), Miguel (£2.5m from Corinthians), Maupay (£5m from Everton), Pinyaev (£7m from Lokomotiv Moscow), King (6m from Rangers), Maeda (£6m from Celtic), Alvarez (£14m from Getafe), Colwill (£27m from Chelsea)
Outs
Niakhate (£25m to Lyon), Mangala (£17m to Lyon), Vlachodimos (undisclosed to Newcastle United), Freuler (£3m to Bologna), Panzo (loan to Rio Ave), McKenna, Kouyate, Arter, Hennessey (all released), Dennis (£3m to Rangers), Aina (£6m to Rennes), Ui-Jo (£2m to Austria Vienna), Wood (£3m to Celtic), Shelvey (£4m to Inter Miami), O’Brien (loan to Middlesbrough), Omobamidele (£1m to Ipswich Town), Bowler (loan to Leeds United)
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