The Nottingham Forest Sentinel
Match8 Dec 2027
Nottingham Forest out of the cup
Leeds United ended it 0‑1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Market13 Dec 2027
Nottingham Forest sell John Victor for $5.2M
John Victor has left for São Paulo in a $5.2M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
The dugout13 Dec 2027
Dilane Bakwa says Nottingham Forest went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market13 Dec 2027
Zach Abbott hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Nottingham Forest can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings13 Dec 2027
Ibrahim Sangaré goes up and wins it — 7.87
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.87 for the rest of it.
Market13 Dec 2027
Nikola Milenković wants more than Nottingham Forest are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Boardroom13 Dec 2027
Aaron Bott signs for Cambridge United while still at Nottingham Forest
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Aaron Bott has agreed terms with Cambridge United for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Market13 Dec 2027
Only the photograph left for Aaron Bott
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Aaron Bott will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Nottingham Forest the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad13 Dec 2027
The step up is real for Chinaza Nwosu
At 19 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
In brief
- Match Nottingham Forest see off Manchester City
- Squad Basima Balagizi signs a new deal
- The dugout Omari Hutchinson gets it from the manager