The Nottingham Forest Sentinel
Market17 Aug 2026
Not going: Jair stays at Nottingham Forest
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Barnsley had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Market17 Aug 2026
Business is business: Zach Abbott goes
Middlesbrough paid $5.7M and Nottingham Forest took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Nottingham Forest
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
West Bromwich Albion tell Nottingham Forest: Tammer Bany 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Nottingham Forest promote Mark Bennett from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mark Bennett has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
Mark Hunter steps up from the Nottingham Forest academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mark Hunter 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.
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.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for George Murray-Jones
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to George Murray-Jones, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The terraces Supporters make their feelings known about Ousmane Diomande
- Looking ahead An away day at Brighton next for Nottingham Forest
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Xaver Schlager