One thing that was widely expected when Sabri Lamouchi took over at Nottingham Forest was an influx of French reports about the club.
Then José Anigo came in as the Head of International Recruitment, which made it clear there was an interest in what was going on on the other side of the Channel.
That’s why it’s not that surprising to see Forest, alongside Blackburn Rovers, as one of the clubs with a scout present on Friday night at Dijon’s home game against Paris Saint-Germain, according to Mercato365.
Sabri Lamouchi will want to learn all about the young French talent on display, which will likely include the likes of Mounir Chouiar and Bryan Soumaré.
The former of the two has attracted interest from the Premier League in the past, so perhaps the manager sees his club as the ideal stepping stone for the youngster, who swapped clubs in the summer, moving from Lens to Dijon against £3.1m.
As for Blackburn, they’ve already shown they mean business this year by signing Lewis Holtby on a free in mid September, and the German has performed quite well so far, scoring one goal and assisting another in five appearances.
Perhaps they have their eye on some young talent in Ligue 1 too, ready to gift him to Tony Mowbray for Christmas?
