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Nottingham Forest boss Sabri Lamouchi had a bit of a garage sale on deadline day but came out from it free of deadwood as well as having over £8m in his back pocket.
Daryl Murphy’s contract was terminated which saw him leave for Bolton Wanderers, joining Liam Bridcutt, who had also departed for the recently saved League One outfit earlier in the day but only on loan.
There was also a departure for Jason Cummings for an undisclosed fee.
The Reds did, however, lose one of their promising youngsters, Arvin Appiah, as he left for Spanish second-tier club Almeria.
Even though the club managed to garner an £8m fee for the 18-year-old, fans still displayed their concern over social media.
Though, they shouldn’t be overly worried as Forest were right to cash in now for such a substantial fee.
Yes, he had potential, but that’s not something you can put a certainty on – he’s only ever played eight times for the east Midlands club, so who knows how good he could have actually been?
There’s been little to suggest he should be in the starting line-up especially not over Joe Lolley who plays on the right-hand side.
Lolley is averaging the highest rating in the squad currently at 7.22 having scored and assisted one goal, per WhoScored – whilst Matty Cash, Albert Adomah and Sammy Ameobi are all healthy options in their own right.
Their academy is very talented too; they’ve got Alex Mighten and Brennan Johnson to fall back upon if they really needed to, therefore, it makes sense to profit from Appiah now.
If he goes on to be the next big thing, then so be it; there was no guarantee of that happening at the City Ground anytime soon.
Oliver Burke’s £13m move to RB Leipzig after leaving the same club hasn’t paid off and after moving to Alaves on loan following a failed spell with West Brom, it shows he’s not up to the task in the Championship.
Forest haven’t missed him and for the time being, they are unlikely to miss Appiah. This was the right move.
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