Nottingham Forest march on, their latest win leaving them third in the Premier League table, six points behind leaders Liverpool but perhaps more importantly, six ahead of fifth-placed Newcastle United.

Nuno Esprito Santo has the opportunity to augment that position with a couple of weeks of transfer window remaining and the Reds looking at tweaking rather than transforming their squad.

They have been linked with several players so far, inevitably several strikers, but the only deal they have done so far is the one that has seen Wayne Hennessey return to the club.

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Star man

Elliot Anderson was the talk of Forest’s 3-2 victory over Southampton at the weekend as he scored his first goal in the Garibaldi since his £15m summer move from Newcastle United.

The 22-year-old struck from outside the box and turned in an all-round excellent display which had the Match of The Day 2 pundits purring. So much so that presenter Mark Chapman even claimed: “He is definitely their signing of the season and one of the signings of the season across the league...Credit to the Forest coaching staff to use him in that role which wasn’t the one he was used in at Newcastle.”

Anderson is playing slightly deeper than he did during his time at St James’ Park, linking up well with Nicolas Dominguez. So far he has played in all but one of Forest’s 22 Premier League matches, including 17 starts.

Hammer time

West Ham’s search for reinforcements up front, one that has led them to Forest’s door with regards to Taiwo Awoniyi’s availability, has one again connected them with familiar name.

Sky Sports are reporting West Ham remain interested in RB Leipzig forward Andre Silva and that initial enquiries have been named. They say the Portuguese is one of several forwards the Hammers are tracking and that Leipzig favour a permanent transfer than rather than a loan as 29-year-old enters the last 18 months of his contract – without having started a league game all season

They say they remain keen on Brighton’s Evan Ferguson, Evaan Guessand of Nice and Awoniyi.

Nuno has already spoken of his desire to keep the Nigerian.

Staying put

Forest’s own search for a centre forward reached fever pitch in the summer window – before Chris Wood went on his best ever Premier League goal-scoring run – saw them scour the continent.

Among the names most frequently-linked, along with Eddie Nketiah, was that of Feyenoord’s Santiago Gimenez, who it seems was reluctant to move to the City Ground.

It seems the Mexican was unwilling to take the plunge in the time Forest wanted him to, yet he remains the subject of transfer speculation well into this window. That could be all it is though with Fabrizio Romano reporting Feyenoord insist the 25-year-old is ‘not available for sale in January’. Indeed the Dutch club are said to be determined to keep all of their best players.

Good Loic

Reds' rivals Aston Villa are claimed to be ‘in advanced talks to sign’ Forest flop Loic Bade.

Then at Rennes Bade was on loan at the City Ground in the first half of the 2022/23 season but left after a few months without making a single appearance.

He then went on loan to Sevilla where he earned a €10m permanent transfer. Villa are now said to be closing on a £30m deal.

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