Nottingham Forest are ready to increase their bid for their top attacking target this summer, according to reports.
Nottingham Forest’s Nuno Espirito Santos opened their Premier League campaign with a 1-1 draw against Bournemouth at the City Ground with Antoine Semenia’s late goal canceling out Chris Wood’s opener.
Forest have signed Elliot Anderson, defender Nikola Milenkovic, striker Ramon Sosa and Portuguese star Jota Silva.
The East Midlands club are apparently keen to add a new striker to their squad before the summer window and the club are ready to make a second bid for their top target.
Forest ‘prepare second offer’ for Santiago Gimenez
Sources have told HITC that Nottingham Forest have made a €25m (£21m) bid for Santiago Gimenez and are in talks to try and seal a deal with the Rotterdam giants.
Earlier this summer we reported that Spurs had made Feyenoord’s Gimenez their top target before signing Dominic Solanke from Bournemouth for £65m.
HITC understands that Feyenoord are unwilling to sell Gimenez at the moment, but the player is believed to be open to the idea of a move to England and the Premier League.
According to a report in Spanish newspaper AS, Forest made an initial bid for the striker but it was rejected, with Feyenoord demanding €40m-€45m to approve his sale this summer. The report says the Eredivisie side’s demand could drop as the deadline approaches.
AS also claim that Forest could be ready to make an offer in the “next few days” which could be closer to the Dutch side’s demands.
Santiago Gimenez could be the signing of the summer
The Mexican forward was criticized by his father during the Copa America, but if Forest can seal a deal for Gimenez this summer, it would be a huge deal.
Gimenez has been superb for Feyenoord, managed by Arne Slot, with the Mexican scoring 26 goals in all competitions. Feyenoord icon Mario Been called him “fantastic”.
The Mexican scored a brace against PEC Zwolle to continue his fine form from last season, with Forest adding a goalscoring sensation and Gimenez could be key to the club’s hopes of staying in the Premier League next May.