The Nottingham Forest Sentinel
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Nottingham Forest make their move for Mamadou Doumbia
$7.8M on the table at Watford. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Market17 Aug 2026
Not going: Steven Benda stays at Nottingham Forest
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Montpellier HSC had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Nottingham Forest baulk at the price for Viktor Johansson
Stoke City wanted more than $6.6M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Levante tell Nottingham Forest: Pablo Campos is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
1 academy graduates step up at Nottingham Forest
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market17 Aug 2026
Jonathan Hill steps up from the Nottingham Forest academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jonathan Hill has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
The ground is getting bigger
The plans are signed off at a capacity of 41893. Decisions like this are judged twenty years later, by people who were not in the room when they were taken.
Market17 Aug 2026
Talks stall between Nottingham Forest and Ousmane Diomande
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Looking ahead17 Aug 2026
A reunion for Chris Wood
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Brighton in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Willy Boly in it
- Looking ahead An away day at Brighton next for Nottingham Forest
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Nikola Milenković