It isn’t easy being an up-and-coming team in the Premier League. You work hard and overachieve in astonishing fashion for an entire year and when you miss Champions League qualification by just one point, you lose all of your best players to wealthier sides. That’s the cruel reality of Nottingham Forest’s summer so far.
Anthony Elanga is set to move to Newcastle United for a fee of around £55m while Morgan Gibbs-White, perhaps Forest’s most important attacking player, has had his £60m release clause triggered by Tottenham Hotspur. Nuno Espirito Santo will now be forced to conduct a near-complete rebuild of his front line.
The good news is that Forest will head into the remainder of the transfer window with plenty of money in the bank – and judging by recent reports on their planned activity, they may well be able to find capable replacements for Elanga and Gibbs-White for as little as £70m…
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Nottingham Forest are about to lose Anthony Elanga and Morgan Gibbs-White – but they can still be replaced.
The good news is that Forest will head into the remainder of the transfer window with plenty of money in the bank – and judging by recent reports on their planned activity, they may well be able to find capable replacements for Elanga and Gibbs-White for as little as £70m…
Why Johan Bakayoko could be an improvement on Anthony Elanga
When Elanga was at his best, he was sensational – but even his most ardent fan would likely acknowledge that he was not the most consistent player in the Premier League, and from a statistical standpoint he was actually among Forest’s weakest performers.
The Daily Telegraph claimed this week that Forest plan to replace the sporadically exceptional Swede with PSV Eindhoven’s Belgian winger Johan Bakayoko, who they claim is valued at around £30m. Based on the data behind his performances in the Netherlands, he may well be an upgrade on Elanga.
Over the past year, Bakayoko made more than twice as many successful dribbles as Elanga, beat defenders one-on-one there times as often, completed more passes, created more chances, and scored more goals. And that was during what was meant to be a bad season.
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