Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher makes brilliant Nottingham Forest claim as transfer offer revealed

Nottingham Forest news: Latest transfer news and views from the City Ground on Friday, May 29 2020 as Sabri Lamouchi's side continue to see the campaign suspended

Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher makes brilliant Reds claim

Jamie Carragher believes the Premier League would be a better place if Nottingham Forest were to end their 20-year exile this summer.

The Reds are fifth in the Championship with just nine games remaining, and once the season gets going again, they’ll be hoping to continue their promotion push which took a blow at home to Millwall in their last outing at the City Ground in late March.

"They're a team that are there or thereabouts," he said of Sabri Lamouchi 's promotion hopefuls.

"A lot of the time we speak about Leeds for some reason, that we’re all desperate for different reasons to get a huge club back."

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Transfer offer revealed - and it's a seven-figure sum

Forest reportedly had a seven-figure offer for promising defender Oumar Gonzalez turned down in January, by the player’s French club.

The 22-year-old plays for Ligue 2 side Chambly and is said to be the subject of plenty of interest.

Le Parisien claim the Reds made a bid for him in the winter transfer window, and the team’s president says the Cameroonian has a string of admirers.

"We had offers from an Italian Serie A club and Turkish and Dutch D1 clubs," Chambly president Fulvio Luzi at the time.

Full piece HERE.

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Project Restart given green light in big boost to Reds

Forest have been handed a big boost in their hopes of a return to action this afternoon.

Multiple outlets have confirmed that the Premier League is due to restart on June 17 after competition was suspended for more than three months because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Two games-in-hand, Aston Villa vs Sheffield United and Manchester City vs Arsenal, will kick-off a football bonanza with a full fixture list to be played the following week.

This has handed Lamouchi's side another boost in their hopes of playing out the Championship season to a finish.

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Forest transfer target makes stunning Sunderland admission

Reported Forest transfer target Lawrence Shankland has revealed that he would be open to talks with Sunderland.

Shankland was linked with the Reds for a third time this week after having previously been mentioned as a transfer target in January and last summer.

The 24-year-old has also been linked with Championship rivals Stoke City, while Sunderland were credited with an interest in July.

Shankland has attracted interest from English clubs thanks to his excellent goalscoring record.

Full piece HERE.