Although Nottingham Forest has had a lot of success in recent transfer windows, like any club, they don’t always make the right decisions. A signing does not always ensure that it will be a huge success. Additionally, it’s not always a good idea to let go of some athletes.
several players have gone on to perform well elsewhere after leaving the Reds, while others have left enormous boots to fill. Below, we take a look at several players from previous years Forest might regret having said goodbye to.
Brice Samba
The Reds could perhaps have saved themselves a lot of hassle if they had stayed on to the Frenchman after gaining promotion to the Premier League. Since losing Samba to Lens, Forest have worked their way through a succession of goalkeepers seeking to find a long-term No.1.
A few goalkeepers that have been added in recent years have stood out more than others; Dean Henderson and Keylor Navas, for instance, have performed better than Odysseas Vlachodimos and Matt Turner. Even today, it wouldn’t be shocking if the Reds strengthened their position in January by entering the transfer market once more. Samba, meanwhile, debuted internationally last year and has participated in the Champions League.
Brennan Johnson
Owner Evangelos Marinakis stated of the Wales international’s summer 2023 departure for the capital: “In moving to Tottenham Hotspur he has also provided his boyhood club with the financial means to reinvest and continue to grow.” The deal was worth £47.5 million.
It is almost encouraged for clubs to let go of their best players because academy graduates count as pure profit under the financial regulations. One could argue that Forest received a decent bargain in relation to Johnson. Callum Hudson-Odoi and Anthony Elanga were relatively inexpensive additions for the club, which also brought in a big amount of cash and some intriguing young attacking talent to watch. However, the Reds losing one of their own still makes me a little sad, especially considering that Johnson has just found success for the Spurs.
Matty Cash
Cash, like Johnson, is a graduate of Nigel Doughty Academy, for whom Forest received a respectable salary. For a £14 million upfront fee, he joined Aston Villa in September 2020. Cash was competing in the Premier League while the Reds were still attempting to win the Championship. In addition to playing for Villa in the top division for over 120 games, the 27-year-old played for Poland in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. In the intervening years, Forest hasn’t performed too poorly in the right-back position—who could forget Djed Spence’s role in the campaign that saw them gain promotion—but Ola Aina and Neco Williams are currently fighting for a spot in Nuno Espirito Santo’s squad.
Britt Assombalonga
This one goes a little further back, but at the time, many fans were not entirely satisfied with the choice. When they traded the striker to Middlesbrough in 2017, the Reds received £15 million. Though some fans questioned the club’s ambition when they allowed Assombalonga go, the amount represented a respectable profit over the £5.5 million paid to sign him from Peterborough United three years earlier. Some people weren’t happy about losing a goal scorer who was born and raised.
Thirty-one-year-old forward, he departed Boro in 2021. He has now played for Turkish teams Adana Demirspor and Antalyaspor in addition to Watford.
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