From Nottingham Forest’s perspective, expect numerous transfer rumors—some will be legitimate, while others will not.
The Reds have been quite active so far, signing five players, with one of them—Marko Stamenic—heading straight out on loan to Olympiacos.
Forest still have some gaps to fill in their squad, and the off-season business isn’t completed yet.
That means that some idle links will continue to emerge, with one doing the rounds yesterday that simply doesn’t make a great deal of sense.
Nottingham Forest linked with Kelechi Iheanacho again
This report comes from Soccernet, which believes Forest and Ipswich will battle to sign the Nigerian free agent.
Iheanacho spent seven years with Leicester, scoring 61 goals in 232 appearances after signing for the club from Manchester City. With the Citizens, he won several trophies—but not a Premier League crown—and scored 21 goals in 64 appearances.
Now, he’s a free agent, and this isn’t the first time he’s been linked with a move to Forest since the club returned to the Premier League.
Brendan Rodgers is a huge fan of the striker, calling him ‘fantastic’ when managing him at Leicester five years ago.
If that praise wasn’t enough, Pep Guardiola called him ‘incredible’ when managing him at Manchester City, despite letting him leave.
Forest signing Iheanacho wouldn’t make a deal of sense
Although Iheanacho has a lot of experience in the Premier League, it wouldn’t make sense for Forest to leave it this long to sign him.
Given that he’s a free agent, if the club truly wanted him to form part of Nuno Espirito Santo’s squad, they’d have landed him by now. Instead, he remains without a club, currently doing pre-season training on his own and waiting for the phone to ring.
Last season was hardly impressive for the 27-year-old either. Despite Leicester’s dominance in their Championship campaign, Iheanacho scored just six goals and registered three assists in 26 appearances.
While Iheanacho isn’t a bad player, we don’t think he’s right for Forest, and better striking options are currently out there.