Emboldened by the injection of a massive £115M fee for Elliot Anderson when Nottingham Forest sold their midfield star to Manchester City, David Ornstein of The Athletic claims that Forest are 'working on a deal' to sign Harrison Armstrong for £40M plus a sell-on clause.
If true, it could represent a massive test of how The Friedkin Group view team building over the possibility for a huge financial win, selling a prodigious midfield talent for a quick and substantial profit, since he cost Everton next to nothing having graduated through the Academy.
For the player himself, however, he must know that, once Hayden Hackney, Christian Norgaard and even Tim Iroegbunam are fit, David Moyes will automatically place each one of them ahead of him based purely on experience when it comes to critical team selections.
His pathway to becoming a solid first choice in Everton's midfield is strewn with roadblocks of the club's own making, which could of itself be a rationale for the player to move to pastures new that would surely almost guarantee a first-team place at such a critical juncture in his development.
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1 Posted 29/08/2026 at 10:23:51
Hopefully just his agent pushing Everton for a bumper new deal.
As Kunal says, he could be worth £100M in a few seasons.
2 Posted 29/08/2026 at 11:01:37
This has come so far out of left field that it feels like a punch in the stomach.
Everton, for fuck's sake...
4 Posted 29/08/2026 at 11:14:12
Armstrong could be our future!
I wouldn't even entertain the idea of selling him. And £40M?! What is Forest thinking?
6 Posted 29/08/2026 at 11:18:15
As I said on the other thread Michael,if any truth in this then I will be finished with this club after 63 years of support
In my opinion selling Armstrong would be worse than when we sold Rooney as circumstances changed also,Rooney went to a much better club at the time.Are we that bad financially that we have to sell Armstrong ? If so,we might as well wrap the club up now.If true,qué mass demos and resignations over this. Nil satis nisi optimum my arse.
8 Posted 29/08/2026 at 11:22:04
Aside from an insulting offer for a young rising star ( Anderson just moved for £120M), Norgaard is over 30 and not fit; Iroegbunam is up for sale... Armstrong is not way down the pecking order any longer.
We shouldn't be selling our best players. We should be improving our squad -- not weakening it. I don't mind Aznou going on loan, he needs to play, but there must be another left back option. Who is that...?
10 Posted 29/08/2026 at 11:24:26
Cant see this happening tbh,
Can see Moyes walking if it does though? Future Everton and England captain, no way!!!
11 Posted 29/08/2026 at 11:25:04
Suspect the 'penny counters' are running the show and profit is the King. Suspect Moyes, in the past, would see Armstrong as the future and he has learnt over the years that you have to obey the money men.
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