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Nuno hails 'huge' Evangelos Marinakis stance as Nottingham Forest look to January transfer window
Head coach Nuno Espirito Santo hopes January will follow a similar pattern to the summer transfer window for Nottingham Forest.
The Portuguese accepts the Reds’ flying form in the Premier League will inevitably lead to speculation about some of their players. They are third in the table ahead of Sunday’s home clash with Newcastle United and rumours have already surfaced about the likes of Callum Hudson-Odoi and Murillo attracting interest.
But Forest made a point of hanging on to their star men in the summer despite other clubs sniffing around - a decision Nuno believes is paying off now. And while the winter window will no doubt bring its own challenges, the club have a good template to follow.
“This is the part we cannot control,” the Reds boss said of players potentially being on the wanted list of rivals going into January. “When the moment comes, we have to be ready and operate as a club. But this is the part we cannot control, and January is so far ahead of us that we don’t even think about that.
“Now it is about our day to day, the way we operate and the way we work, the togetherness and the bond. All of those things have to become natural for us, then we deal with all the speculation and noise. Let’s try to avoid that, let’s try to ignore it and keep on track.
“Now we are all together. Tomorrow we work together. Today and tomorrow, everyone is going to be here. And after tomorrow, we will go day by day. It is day by day.”
Hudson-Odoi, Murillo, Morgan Gibbs-White and Anthony Elanga were all linked with other clubs in the summer. Indeed, last-minute interest in Elanga from this weekend’s opponents was fought off right at the end of the window.
In the Reds’ first two seasons after promotion, there was a significant turnover of players as they found their feet back in the top tier. Nuno, who will be back in the dugout against the Magpies after serving a three-match touchline ban, is pleased this year has been different and has underlined the importance of having some degree of continuity.
“What I value the most is that we were able to keep the core of the squad. That is the best step forward we can have,” he said. “It goes with what we mentioned about identity - you cannot create identity if you keep selling players. I think that was the first step to continuity.
“When your players perform so well, you can expect other clubs to come in and try to take them. It is up to the club to create a situation to keep them, develop them and improve them. And if the right moment comes (to sell), do it. But I think after the two years we had as a club, this decision our ownership made to keep the core of the squad was huge and it is very valuable for us.
“I wanted to keep the core of the squad - not only the players in the press for taking attention of other clubs, but all the players. If you look, we have achieved that. The owner understood the situation when we were speaking about the next season. It goes back to the identity, it is impossible to build something if you continue to sell players. This was the best move we made.”
