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Nottingham Forest is exploring potential striking options for the 2025 transfer window, with manager Nuno Espirito Santo considering several forward additions to supplement the team’s current attacking lineup. Despite the club’s impressive start to the Premier League season—accumulating 22 points from their first 13 matches—the management is strategically evaluating potential transfer targets.
Chris Wood has been instrumental in Forest’s early-season success, scoring nine goals and effectively leading the team’s attacking efforts. However, with over half of the team’s 16 Premier League goals coming from a single player, Nuno appears keen to diversify and strengthen the forward options.
The club has already demonstrated transfer ambition by preparing a potential £19 million bid for Corinthians forward Yuri Alberto. Additionally, they’ve been linked with Marwan Al-Sahafi from Al-Ittihad, a player who has impressed during a loan spell at Belgian side Beerschot and earned a national team cap.
The most intriguing potential acquisition is Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin, a 27-year-old striker currently earning £100,000 per week. Reports from Spain suggest multiple Premier League clubs, including Newcastle United and Tottenham, are monitoring his situation. Calvert-Lewin’s contract expiration in June creates a potentially advantageous transfer scenario for interested clubs.
His career trajectory presents a complex profile. While historically prolific—scoring 16 goals in the 2020-21 season and previously lauded as a “monster” by football scout Jacek Kulig—recent seasons have been interrupted by persistent hamstring injuries and reduced goal-scoring form. This season, he has found the net just twice in 12 league games.
His goal-scoring record reveals significant fluctuations:
– 2018/19: 6 goals in 35 games
– 2019/20: 13 goals in 36 games
– 2020/21: 16 goals in 33 games (his most impressive season)
– 2021/22: 5 goals in 17 games
– 2022/23: 2 goals in 17 games
– 2023/24: 7 goals in 32 games
The potential transfer represents a calculated risk. While Calvert-Lewin might struggle to immediately displace Chris Wood in Forest’s starting lineup, his potential availability on a free transfer makes him an intriguing prospect. Nuno’s strategy appears to be carefully monitoring Calvert-Lewin’s form and fitness, ready to make a move if the striker demonstrates a return to his previous goal-scoring capabilities.
The transfer speculation underscores Forest’s ambitious approach to squad building, balancing immediate performance needs with long-term strategic planning in the competitive Premier League landscape.
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