Forest Close To £30m-plus Deal For Winger Bakwa

Nottingham Forest are adjacent to agreeing a woody worthy much than £30m for Strasbourg winger Dilane Bakwa.

The 23-year-old is expected to complete a move to nan City Ground which would return Forest's spending this summertime to astir £180m.

The France Under-21 world has made 66 appearances for Strasbourg since joining from Bordeaux 2 years ago.

Bakwa would go Forest's 10th summertime signing and they are besides group to complete nan signing of Botafogo left-back Cuiabano.

Forest's caller arrivals see Omari Hutchinson from Ipswich for £37.5m, James McAtee from Manchester City for astir £30m and striker Arnaud Kalimuendo from Rennes for £26m.

Winger Jota Silva and striker Taiwo Awoniyi could time off nan nine earlier Monday's 19:00 BST transportation deadline.

Manager Nuno Espirito Santo is also owed to speak to proprietor Evangelos Marinakis during nan world break aft his nationalist complaints surrounding Forest's transportation business.

The Portuguese felt nan nine had moved excessively slow for their targets while admitting his and Marinakis' narration had changed.

BBC Sport has been told Nuno's position is uncertain but nan erstwhile Wolves and Tottenham leader expects to beryllium successful complaint erstwhile Forest spell to Arsenal connected 13 September.

Forest mislaid 3-0 astatine location to West Ham connected Sunday but Nuno insisted conclusion would not person a base connected nan talks.