Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.

[paul_e]

The problem at Forest is similar to us with Elliott with added double manager sacking.

The problem at Juventus was he wasn't signed by the guy who ended up being his manager and said manager signed a new midfield of his own.

You'd hope he could still have fought his way in but if he's not given chances in games that's not easy.

On top of that he's always been up against, or replaced by, bigger, stronger and more dominant players.

[RamboandBruno]

Pure nostalgia for me, i loved Dougie. He also loves us, bring him home for a bit of TLC before he goes back out into the big wide world!

[Demitri_C]

We really don't want to be signing any players nearing 30 on long contracts.

Yeah i agree. Thats what gerrad did and thats why we find ourselves in this mess

The mess that is the current French international Lucas Digne, and Bouba Kamara?

No the one where paid astronomical signing of coutinho that took us years to pay off ?

[Demitri_C]

Dougie back?

Yes please!!

[Dave]

The problem at Forest is similar to us with Elliott with added double manager sacking.

The problem at Juventus was he wasn't signed by the guy who ended up being his manager and said manager signed a new midfield of his own.

Yup.

The Juventus issues was this:

They also bought Thuram and Koopmeiners in the summer, Thuram is better at the defensive bit than DL and Koopmeiners is better at the attacking bit. And they have Locatelli who does the bit-of-both stuff that DL used to do for us, so there's no really much of a role for him. All three of those are easily DL's equal in terms of how good they are.

Then they changed the manager, then he got injured.

At Forest, I can't think of any midfield that DL fits into worse than a Sean Dyche midfield.

DL back with us, doing the things he used to do for us will be just fine.

And having seen how green the grass is elsewhere, I'm pretty sure he's going to be absolutely busting a gut to show that he's the Brazilian international that we made him, not the bloke who watches from the bench as Ryan Yates chases around the place.

[TheToffnar]

Having slept on it, I still don't like it, but needs must.

He's going to need to buck up if it happens though. I watched the Forest FA Cup game where he started and man alive, he was absolutely horrendous. Got hooked at half time and basically called out by Dyche in the presser.

[SamTheMouse]

Having slept on it, I still don't like it, but needs must.

He's going to need to buck up if it happens though. I watched the Forest FA Cup game where he started and man alive, he was absolutely horrendous. Got hooked at half time and basically called out by Dyche in the presser.

Dyche is a dinosaur and a moron, though.

[KevinGage]

Doug can take a penalty as well*, should we ever get one.

*Olympiacos accepted.

I'll never accept that miss. It cost us a European final. Our first one since Jan '83:

Doug’s form over the two seasons helped us get that far in the first place.

If there’s any chance to do this deal I’d do it.

[andyh]

Abraham & Luiz = this years Rashford and Ascencio.

Emery is a genius.

[TheToffnar]

Having slept on it, I still don't like it, but needs must.

He's going to need to buck up if it happens though. I watched the Forest FA Cup game where he started and man alive, he was absolutely horrendous. Got hooked at half time and basically called out by Dyche in the presser.

Dyche is a dinosaur and a moron, though.

Don't disagree, despise the man, but you have to go some way not to impress him.

[Baldy]

Under our current circumstances I would welcome Dougie back until end of this season. But needs to get in gym and work his nuts off. Few times I have seen him this season he seems to have lost a yard of pace and quickness of mind.

Unai would knock him back into shape.

[paul_e]

I have no issue with a technical patient passer looking lost under the most hoofball manager in the league. In a dyche team the job of the central midfield is to win a few headers, kick people and watch the ball fly over their heads.

[Ads]

He plays so deep when is on the pitch for them as well.

[Dave]

I imagine he might also like our new "it's fine to have a ping from 25 yards if space opens up" way of playing, which we obviously didn't do last time he was here.

[jwarry]

Romano just said it's on