Houssem Aouar

[JimJams]

16 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

We don’t need him unless Youri or Maddison leave really

And at the moment neither of them look anywhere near close to going anywhere

No but if we're interested and Brendan reckons he can get him back to his earlier hype then we need to act on it. Money to be made/saved/wasted/burnt take yer pick!

[The People's Hero]

Forest have already had offers knocked back, haven't they?

[The People's Hero]

My view is that we should pick up both Aouar and Sabitzer and then ditch all the others midfielders other than KDH; just have some sort of jumble sale.

[Ric Flair]

If we are working on this it's because we expect Tielemans to depart or at the very least Perez or Praet and therefore Aouar comes in now rather than we risk losing out on him and he replaces Tielemans long term.

[Sly]

He’s gone from being linked to all the big clubs and being in the Champions League Team of the Season (albeit on the bench), to being linked to the City Ground with 18 months. 
 

This does feel a lot like when we picked up Tielemans. He could be our long term Youri replacement but it would be a gamble for us to take him now without shifting Perez or Praet. Unless Youri goes of course. 

[The People's Hero]

1 minute ago, Sly said:

He’s gone from being linked to all the big clubs and being in the Champions League Team of the Season (albeit on the bench), to being linked to the City Ground with 18 months. 
 

This does feel a lot like when we picked up Tielemans. He could be our long term Youri replacement but it would be a gamble for us to take him now without shifting Perez or Praet. Unless Youri goes of course. 

He got Covid and went crap for a bit didn't he? Reckon there is something in this long Covid.

 

I would definitely take him here; but central midfield (if youri stays) is one place we're not short.

[PAPA LAZAROU]

46 minutes ago, Danny280995 said:

Forest will get him, we're to slow to act 

Yeah just to add to all their other signings who are going to get a one-season in the Sun before plummeting back to where they belong.

Edited 10 August 2022 by PAPA LAZAROU

[JimJams]

18 minutes ago, The People's Hero said:

My view is that we should pick up both Aouar and Sabitzer and then ditch all the others midfielders other than KDH; just have some sort of jumble sale.

Blind Raffle!

Sabitzer is on a bit of wedge aint he?

[HankMarvin]

Read yesterday that forest had 30 offers open with targets, and it was the Chairman’s scattergun approach 

[Phenom]

1 hour ago, The People's Hero said:

He got Covid and went crap for a bit didn't he? Reckon there is something in this long Covid.

 

I would definitely take him here; but central midfield (if youri stays) is one place we're not short.

If this is going “crap” I’ll take it.

[Ric Flair]

8 minutes ago, Phenom said:

If this is going “crap” I’ll take it.

For a player perceived to be an attacking midfielder, his defensive stats are pretty strong. He's box office

[AKCJ]

Don't see it happening without 1 or 2 of Praet, Tielemans or Perez going.

[turlo]

3 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

For a player perceived to be an attacking midfielder, his defensive stats are pretty strong. He's box office

Can he play in a double pivot like Youri does when we play 4 2 3 1 with Madders in the cam role?

[Ric Flair]

2 minutes ago, turlo said:

Can he play in a double pivot like Youri does when we play 4 2 3 1 with Madders in the cam role?

He can play there, or in a 3 in a 4-3-3 or as a double 8 in a 4-1-4-1 or the ACM in a 4-2-3-1. He's Tielemans but quicker and a bit more attacking.

[taupe]

Forest have made an offer... 

 

https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Nottingham-forest-a-fait-une-premiere-offre-pour-houssem-aouar-ol/1347489?utm_source=allo&utm_campaign=allo_616_1347489

Edited 10 August 2022 by taupe

[sm1]

2 hours ago, Danny280995 said:

Forest will get him, we're to slow to act 

Dont worry we'll get him, if we need him, when Forest get relegated at the end of the season. 

[BKLFox]

6 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

He can play there, or in a 3 in a 4-3-3 or as a double 8 in a 4-1-4-1 or the ACM in a 4-2-3-1. He's Tielemans but quicker and a bit more attacking.

Don’t do it to ya’self Ric 😂 

[foxfan92]

I'm just happy to see the top 2 names on our transfer forum are players we're linked with rather than ones linked away. 

[surrifox]

12 hours ago, AKCJ said:

Don't see it happening without 1 or 2 of Praet, Tielemans or Perez going.

Soumare?

[TMELcfc]

[Happy Fox]

What a shitshow clearly we were not interested in him.

[LestaLad]

We need to get relegated and start over. I can’t be arsed. 

[fox_favourite]

7 minutes ago, LestaLad said:

We need to get relegated and start over. I can’t be arsed. 

Slight over reaction and something that you truely can’t believe, just because we’re not signing one player? Yes it’s been a tough preseason, transfer window etc… but to wish the club to get relegated is too far. It would put us in such financial difficulty it would take years to recover. Also, do you really want to relegated the season that forest are in the prem? 

[Dahnsouff]

Wow, lack of shiny new toys and people lose their sh*t…football is not a shopping challenge. 

[Foxxed]

8 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said:

Wow, lack of shiny new toys and people lose their sh*t…football is not a shopping challenge. 

Rebuilding the squad when contracts are running down and players leaving is important. I guess the wages issue is still one reason but I wonder if there’s another.