Ahead of transfer deadline day, there will still be some Nottingham Forest players hoping to secure moves away from the club.
Taiwo Awoniyi has been linked with a move to Werder Bremen and he wasn’t even included in the matchday squad at Crystal Palace last weekend.
Emmanuel Dennis is also attracting interest as he seeks to leave Forest, whilst the future of Josh Bowler also needs addressing, with the winger currently playing for the B-Team.
Nuno Espirito Santo has told two players that they need to leave, with Eric da Silva Moreira and Omar Richards both on the list at a host of clubs when it comes to loan moves.
Finally, there is Jota Silva and of all the players who could do with moves away from Forest, it seems as though he is perhaps the closest to an exit.
Nottingham Forest winger Jota Silva
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Sporting CP will make final attempt to sign Jota Silva
The clock is ticking on the summer transfer window and Sporting CP are still keen to sign Silva before things slam shut on Monday.
Now, according to Record, Sporting will make one final attempt to reunite head coach Rui Borges with Silva before the window closes, with the valuation between the clubs currently some way apart.
Silva is keen to move to Sporting, who will be in the Champions League this season and for weeks the move has been touted as a realistic one.
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The final attack from the Portuguese outfit will see them accelerate talks with Forest and another offer has been made, which would see Silva initially leave on loan, with an obligation to buy in the future.
Forest have no benefit from keeping Silva
If the 26-year-old isn’t even making the matchday squad following a host of attacking arrivals, there is really no need to keep him at the club.
The argument could be that if Forest get an injury in a wide position, then it will just be the two wingers once again but Silva has hardly been trusted by Espirito Santo.
Silva wants to be playing, especially in a World Cup year, with the player who has made an appearance for Portugal previously, likely to be keen to get back amongst that setup.
There seems to be no sense whatsoever to keeping Silva and the hope will be that he can find himself heading to Lisbon before Monday’s deadline.