Some Nottingham Forest supporters want to sell Jordan Smith following Arijanet Muric’s arrival from Manchester City. Sabri Lamouchi currently has Costel Pantilimon, Luke Steele, Smith and Muric at his disposal for next season and may need to offload at least one of the four players due to the squad being bloated.
Players #NFFC should sell (imo).
Daryl Murphy
Zach Clough
Gboly Ariyibi
Michael Hefele
Jason Cummings
Jordan Smith
Ben Watson— James Willows (@JamesWillows1) July 8, 2019
Players to loan if not going to be given 1st team action
Richardson
JohnsonPlayers to move on
Smith
Pantilimon or Steele
Benalouane
Hefele
Bridcutt
Watson
Guédioura
Murphy
Cummings
Clough
Tachtsidis
Ariyibi#NFFC— Mark Ashton (@AshtonNFFC) July 8, 2019
Time to clear the decks of at least:
Smith
Steele
Hefele
Watson
Bridcutt
Ariyibi
Murphy
Cummings
Clough#NFFC— Football Betting Podcast (@T_FBPodcast) July 9, 2019
17 players out of contract 2020.
Much needed clear out on the horizon.
Robinson ????️
Milosevic ????️
Worrall ????️
Osborn ????or ????️
Yacob❓
Ansarifard❓
Guedioura❓
Ameobi❓
Dawson ⬆️
Watson ❌
Steele ❌
Benalouane ❌
Bridcutt ❌
Murphy ❌
Cummings ❌
Ariyibi ❌
Smith ❌#NFFC— Mickey Hooley (@cruisingforest) July 9, 2019
Muric (Season Long Loan)✅
Alfa Semedo (Season Long Loan)✅
Yuri Ribeiro (Permanent)✅A RB, Colback, another CF & we are done for this transfer window imo
Offload Smith, Hefele,Bridcutt, Watson, Clough, Cummings & Murphy & look to Loan out Walker & Yates #nffc ????⚪????
— Dunny ???????? (@Forest_Lad_1994) July 7, 2019
Smith = loan/sell. Showed promise when he got regular games. Needs to have game time to develop and be certain what future he has. However as he is in the last year of his contract it may be wiser to sell immediately. #NFFC >>
— Woodcock’s Wave NFFC 74-79 (@WoodcocksWave) July 8, 2019
Depends what your ambition is…… Smith is not a top 6 championship goalkeeper….. #nffc
— Scrabble33 (@scrabble1991) July 9, 2019
Smith rose through the youth ranks to the Nottingham Forest first-team in 2015 and has gone on to make 48 appearances in all competitions, conceding 71 goals and keeping only 11 clean sheets. The 24-year-old has made just one appearance for Forest since January 2018 and has spent the last 18 months on the periphery at the City Ground.
He joined Barnsley (November 16, 2018 – November 23, 2018) and Mansfield Town (January 10, 2019 – May 31, 2019) on loan last season after falling down the pecking order and may have to leave Forest for more playing time in 2019/20. Smith is out of contract in 2020 and looks unlikely to be handed a new deal given he’s been frozen out of the senior squad.
Fans would back Smith’s sale and believe he’s surplus to requirements in the East Midlands, but time will tell if the Reds offload him this summer.
