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They're also not in a position where they probably only have around £100-120m needed to strengthen 3 key positions just to stand still as a top 5 team tbf. The Mbeumos take too much out of the budget, another Minteh-esque signing is too much of a gamble and not what we need at this time. The likes of Elanga & Trafford are pretty much in the sweet spot of what we can afford and would improve our starting XI. Also need some money for a top CB as well as padding out the squad.

Similar player to Elanga to be fair.

Adeyemi you say? I'm listening, Keith.

The classic put pressure on the player's camp.

The Murphy comparisons are difficult to understand. At the same age, Murphy could barely hit a shot on target never mind have consecutive seasons of 14 and 17 Premier League goal involvements, in a team most people would only regard as being fairly average from an attacking perspective. You'd think Almiron and Longstaff would have shown us a thing or two about purple patches and players eventually reverting to factory settings.

It's just the state of the modern game that £45 million is a fair price for him even though it seems insanely high. It's on the table, they know it and he knows it. We should now move on to other targets which may in turn cause them to reconsider the offer.

I agree. How much did they pay for him? And how much did we pay for Gordon and Barnes? How much did Spurs pay for Johnson? All around that ball park for a player they bought for very little iirc.

I like Elanga a lot and like him in our system but there’s still some questions over how far he can go. £45m seems like a good fee for him. I don’t think he’s worth north of £50-£55m. I think we should move on if Forest are adamant they aren’t gonna sell. Last thing we need is a Guehi style drawn out process.

I wonder if the bid had been accepted if it would have been included on the June side of the PSR window ?

He's been in great form last two seasons in the main for Forest. A real handful in transition with a good # of goals and assists. At 23, probably levels to his execution and decision making to fine-tune under Eddie's tutelage. Positionally versatile, and if he can get to an even better level than last season, would be very well loved in a black and white shirt. These sums always seem like big #'s when you compare to other players and positions but I trust the club to get the transfers right, they seemingly have nailed nearly every single one.

That I can’t argue with

It won’t be close to 45m.

He is perfect for them, no doubt. I think he’d do well here too, just not the type of player I think we need to improve a lot, especially in the areas we are relatively poor in at times. Especially for the price it would take.

45 million for essentially a hyperMurphy sounds reasonable to me tbh.

On the positive, they've managed to shake Mitchell's trousers in order to get the ink for the fax machine. Certainly feels as though we are ready to make moves.

If he stays, its an absolute certainty that he gets a pay rise, which could well be what this is all about.

@McCormick my Forest supporting mate is praying they don't sell Elanga. Absolutely loves him.

Aye if it's only £45m (no add ons etc), there's no chance. Can only imagine we're trying to unsettle him, but there's no way they're letting him go at that price. It's a borderline insulting offer for a young, capped, established Premier League winger these days to be honest.

Just felt like it lasted the entire window.

They don’t happen anymore it seems. He wants to come I reckon but won’t kick up a fuss

You with your facts. This football forum is no place for the likes of you.

As been said - they would always reject the first bid Looks like he’s «only» on 25k per week so it might even be a case of Forest wanting him to hand in a transfer request so they won’t have to pay his loyalty bonus + bump up the price with a few million in the process

What happened to good old fashioned transfer requests? If Elanga knocked on their door and says he wants the move and is willing to give up his loyalty bonus that puts them in a very tricky situation. I think Elanga would be a great signing, despite not being this mythical technical superstar that apparently we should be signing.

He wasn’t my preferred type of player ideally. But still a lot better in general play than Elanga. Better technically too. Even now I think he lacks a bit in some areas. But his other strong attributes very much weigh this up when he’s on song. He’s one of the reasons that I want something more different to our right hand side so that we can get some more variety and other strong technical attributes to give us some balance. I was against signing him from the off but that was very much mainly because I disliked him from his Everton days, not much to do with pure football reasons. I’m sure I said stuff that I shouldn’t have. When it comes to Elanga, I like him, but not so much for footballing reasons. Especially for us and where we are aiming to go, and what what areas we need to improve in.

He's been frothing at the gash for ages for this move.