Ousmane Diomande

[Scott Gemmill's Hair]

2 weeks.

Heard he's expected to sign around the same time Ried will be back training with the lads!

 

[reddog8000]

Heard he's expected to sign around the same time Ried will be back training with the lads!

Are we getting the Morrocan CB now as well?

 

[Est.1865]

Can’t have spent the last 2 weeks haggling over a couple of million, doesn’t make sense.

 

[Hawkeye1947]

I see that Liverpool are looking at Centre Backs……just saying

 

[BakwaTheNet]

I see that Liverpool are looking at Centre Backs……just saying

That’s a great point.

Would be a good loan move for Abbott.

 

[JonnoSnr]

I see that Liverpool are looking at Centre Backs……just saying

Meltdown incoming when they come in at the last minute with £2m extra for Sporting.

 

[pk44]

I vaguely recall we had agreed to sign someone a few years ago and it fell through because they couldn't get international clearance (don't think I'm making this up - happy to be corrected by someone with a better memory than me).

Other clubs announce signings "subject to international clearance" but Forest don't presumably because we got caught out before. So there's a good chance Diomande might have already signed before the weekend and it's just taking a few days to get the clearance before announcing it.

 

[coops89]

This seems to have gone rather quiet. Hopefully we can get it over the line asap.

 

[BakwaTheNet]

Thought we’d all agreed not to mention him again until he was wearing red?

A reverse beetlejuice

 

[Skoosh]

...or reverse candy-man.

 

[coops89]

Thought we’d all agreed not to mention him again until he was wearing red?

A reverse beetlejuice

My bad. I have the patience of a 5 year old! I need to see some shiny new signings

 

[Rzar]

This seems to have gone rather quiet. Hopefully we can get it over the line asap.

Seems a strange situation

They have signed his replacement, he has agreed everything with us, he has all but left & is not even training with them - yet nothing is happening. I had assumed he would be flying back to the UK with us to confirm the deal.

If he is involved for them in their league opener on Saturday, I would be a bit concerned

 

[weejockmcplop]

Can’t have spent the last 2 weeks haggling over a couple of million, doesn’t make sense.

Could it be that half the stuff on Twitter is a load of utter bollocks and the best way to approach transfer windows is to wait until the day after deadline day and just see where we're at?

 

[Est.1865]

Could it be that half the stuff on Twitter is a load of utter bollocks and the best way to approach transfer windows is to wait until the day after deadline day and just see where we're at?

Not for me personally, but if that’s your preference then see you in September

 

[JonnoSnr]

Could it be that half the stuff on Twitter is a load of utter bollocks and the best way to approach transfer windows is to wait until the day after deadline day and just see where we're at?

At which point the forums server melts.

 

[weejockmcplop]

Not for me personally, but if that’s your preference then see you in September

I mean I keep half an eye on the headlines but I've been bitten too many times to go back tbh.
I just can't bring myself to take any of it seriously knowing that its 70% likely to have been invented by some tosser for social media engagement.

 

[Bsabser]

It’s getting closer

 

[greatbowden_garibaldi]

There are a few stories in Portugal stating that we have come to an agreement but god knows if they have any truth to them.

Encaixe histórico! Sporting vai encher o cofre com quase 200 milhões

Negociações das transferências de Ousmane Diomande, Pedro Gonçalves e Daniel Bragança estão na fase final e vão confirmar mais uma receita de €75 milhões em vendas para juntar aos €117,06 M já garantidos. E mais €10 milhões em mais valias... Um encaixe sem precedentes em Alvalade numa época em...

www.abola.pt

The bit I translated says...

Diomande’s move is the most advanced. The center-back’s transfer to Nottingham Forest is all but finalized; an agreement between the clubs has been reached, with only a few details regarding payment schedules left to settle. Consequently, the Ivorian international is expected to be the first to officially depart, in a deal valued at approximately €40 million plus €5 million in add-ons.

 

[Rzar]

A Bola is pretty reliable

 

[Strummer]

Unlike Cheating Lisbon, the swines.

 

[Long Rodney]

Blimey this one has come out of nowhere

 

[incapable hulk]

A Bola is pretty reliable

Way better than E Bola too.

 

[TrentEnder1865]

Apparently we’re advancing on this one…….

Still advancing apparently.

 

[Timothy Pope]

Still advancing apparently.

Don’t get ahead of yourself! We’re considering the possibility of potentially advancing.

 

[Grenville 1898]

Moving at the pace of an asthmatic ant carrying some heavy shopping.