A Nottingham Forest player who Nuno left out in the cold is planning to accept a pay cut and leave the team.

Thanks to sources in Spain, Nottingham Forest’s summer transfer business will be updated on Friday.

Relegation bonus to Forest

Along with draws for Everton and defeats for Luton Town and Sheffield United, a crucial 3-1 victory against Fulham gave Nottingham Forest and Nuno Espirito Santo a much-needed boost in their quest to survive in the Premier League this year.

With the season nearing its end, the club’s four-point deduction for violating financial fair play standards during the international break put them in the relegation zone. With seven games remaining, including matches against Sheffield United, Burnley, and Everton—three of the teams surrounding them—Forest finishes the week three points above the drop, though, thanks to a dominant first half display against the Cottagers.

While they are still a massive 15 points ahead of the 40-point mark that often guarantees safety, victories over teams fighting for survival will help them stay in the top flight.

Following that, they will have to contend with an off-field conflict as increased financial insecurity appears to require them to sell their stars this summer with rumors concerning both the talented defender Murillo and Morgan Gibbs-White.

The Daily Mail claims that “If Forest don’t sell one of their top stars in the summer, they are at risk of breaching financial rules again next season.” This might imply a quiet summer ahead for the City Ground side as they try to escape more penalties. They have decided on one of their players in light of that.

£9.5 million was saved by the move.

Gonzalo Montiel, the World Cup winner, is an example of this. The Argentine defender has had difficulty securing a starting position at the City Ground since joining on loan from Sevilla last summer. He played in the second half of Forest’s match against Bournemouth at the start of February, which was his final Premier League appearance. Since then, he has not been used as a substitute in either of Forest’s last two games.

Spanish reports claim that this has prevented him from making a purchase. This is due to the fact that Forest’s purchase obligation for the Argentine defender only became active if he participated in half of their games this season; even in the event that he started all eight of their remaining games, he would not meet that requirement. At 11 million euros (£9.5 million), that obligation would have allowed Sevilla to break even on the Argentine.

He has a contract with Sevilla through 2026, although he is expected to return there owing to his lack of playing time. According to the source, should the move become permanent this summer, the defender would have to settle for a lower income than what Forest had agreed to offer him. He will return to his £25,000 per week contract in the south of Spain.

However, Forest will consider it a huge victory as the team avoided having to pay for a play that Nuno obviously doesn’t think is important.

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