Despite claims that Nottingham Forest were trying to sign Brandon Soppy from Atalanta, the Tricky Trees are going to miss out on the 21-year-old.
The latest news on the player comes from L’Equipe, who explain the defender will be loaned out to Schalke 04, who have won the race to get him.
This will likely come as a blow for Nottingham Forest, who had clearly targeted the youngster to help at right-back.
Soppy, down his end, will be heading to Gelsenkirchen on a loan without an option to buy, and is even expected to travel there on Wednesday afternoon.
The defender had been on loan at Torino until the end of the season, but hadn’t been playing a lot, which is why Atalanta were trying to find another situation, which is where Nottingham Forest were coming in.
However, Schalke 04 seemingly jumped to the front of the queue very quickly, perhaps with the promise of getting him minutes in 2.Bundesliga in the coming weeks and months to get his career back on track.
