Nuno Raises Doubts Over Forest Transfer Business

Boss Nuno Espirito Santo has questioned Nottingham Forest's recruitment process successful a astonishment swipe astatine nan club.

The Portuguese is unhappy pinch nan velocity of Forest's transportation business and feels nan squad is ill-equipped to grip a European campaign.

Forest could walk adjacent to £100m connected Manchester City midfielder James McAtee, Ipswich winger Omari Hutchinson and Rennes guardant Arnaud Kalimuendo successful nan adjacent 48 hours, while location is besides liking successful Juventus midfielder Douglas Luiz.

Yet, earlier Sunday's Premier League opener pinch Brentford astatine nan City Ground, Nuno outlined his fears complete nan deficiency of signings.

"Dealing pinch doubts is nan worst point you tin person successful football," he said, having guided Forest to seventh past season.

"We person doubts, who is going to beryllium [here], erstwhile are they [new signings] going to come? All these things create doubts.

"Not only maine but successful nan club. What we want is game-by-game to person arsenic galore options arsenic possible. Europe will travel after, and for judge it will beryllium better, but for now until that happens it is simply a awesome concern.

"The proprietor is aware, nan nine is aware, everyone is aware. Everybody knows nan reality. This is simply a mislaid chance that we had arsenic a group to do it."

Forest person signed striker Igor Jesus and defender Jair Cunha from Botafogo, Bologna winger Dan Ndoye and goalkeeper Angus Gunn, but Nuno wants astatine slightest different goalkeeper, a full-back, winger and striker.

They sold Anthony Elanga to Newcastle for an first £55m but Morgan Gibbs-White signed a caller statement contempt Tottenham trying to motion nan midfielder, which near Forest considering ineligible action., external

Forest will compete successful nan Europa League this season, returning to Europe for nan first clip successful 30 years, but Nuno feels moreover nan players are concerned.

"They are very smart, they cognize really we operated past play and nan measurement we established ourselves pinch nan move of nan work," he said.

"This play is different, and past doubts and questions travel in. As quality beings we tin benignant problems but we can't lick doubts.

"There are players present who cognize they are going retired connected loan. Our pre-season was very, very bad. We didn't triumph 1 crippled and scored 1 goal.

"You deliberation I'm going to beryllium happy and comfortable here, reasoning of that pinch nan expectation?

"The players are not supermen, we are going to request to rotate them. That's a awesome problem pinch nan strength and demands of nan games."

Nuno, though, denied he felt fto down by nan club.

He added: "We person to understand, but I cannot hide I americium worried. This is nan reality and I woody pinch nan reality. Should I beryllium complete nan moon? Totally opposite."