Overview
- Nottingham Forest, which closed their summer window on Tuesday, completed six first‑team signings and recorded 16 departures before the deadline.
- The club sold Elliot Anderson to Manchester City for £116m and reinvested roughly £101m on recruits that include Liam Delap (initial club‑record £45m, rising to £50m), Ousmane Diomande (reported £34m) and Daniel Munoz (reported £22m).
- Manager Oliver Glasner favoured a smaller, tightly knit squad and kept key figures in place, with Morgan Gibbs‑White staying and Matz Sels confirmed as first‑choice goalkeeper after no new No.1 was signed.
- Loan moves late in the window reduced central defensive numbers and the sale of Anderson has left questions over central midfield depth, issues that could trigger signings when the transfer market reopens in January.
- Forest’s strategy reflected their lighter fixture load this season — no European football and an early cup exit — and owner Evangelos Marinakis’s decision to monetise a top asset to fund selective, high‑value signings.