Having let Loïc Badé go back to Rennes to allow him to head out to Sevilla, Nottingham Forest lost a centre-back in their squad depth.
The young defender hadn’t featured under Steve Cooper, so it never felt like much of a loss, and yet the Tricky Trees still tried to bring in another in the position in Jonathan Tah.
This comes courtesy of Kicker in Germany, who look at the situation surrounding the Bayer Leverkusen player, who is now being represented by Pini Zahavi.
The change of representative is seemingly linked to the player ‘aiming for a change of air in the summer’, after many avenues appeared but never became concrete.
It’s made very clear that Tah’s ‘primary target is the Premier League’, where Nottingham Forest were ‘interested in a loan’ in January.
While he would ‘fit perfectly’ in English football, it’s explained that a move to City Ground wasn’t what he was looking for, as he has a ‘different category in mind’ when it comes to the club he wants to join.
Nottingham Forest, who recently beat Leeds United 1-0, are currently 13th in the Premier League after their recent result, but remains just six points above the relegation zone.
Therefore, a couple of bad results could quickly see them slide back down the table, and that was something Tah wasn’t willing to take part of at this moment in his career.
He is now ‘no longer an undisputed starter’ at the German side since Xabi Alonso took over, and the feeling is that ‘it is time for a change of air at the age of 26’.
Just not to Nottingham Forest.
