‘Absolutely brilliant’: Ally McCoist blown away by 29-year-old Nottingham Forest star
The TNT Sports co-commentator was providing match commentary alongside Forest mad pundit Darren Fletcher. Turner was thrust into action against the club that he only left earlier in the week and he was making his Premier League debut.
Forest have parted with £7 million to sign the goalkeeper from Arsenal. The pursuit of Dean Henderson appears to have reached an impasse and sadly, it looks as though Forest will have to look elsewhere this summer.
Turner looks like a useful addition to the Forest ranks. In the short term, he will definitely have the chance to stamp his authority and he will want to make sure he keeps the gloves for the entire campaign.
McCoist praised the Forest goalkeeper near the end of the contest. He made a wonderful save from Declan Rice and the popular pundit had some strong praise for the custodian.
The Reds managed to get a deal for Turner over the line before the Premier League opener. Clearly, the club needed a new stopper, with youngster George Shelvey playing the majority of games in pre-season.
Turner looked pretty comfortable throughout the clash. He made a couple of smart stops and also showed good foot when distributing out from the back.
Forest will definitely want another goalkeeper. Ethan Horvath looks set to be allowed to leave this summer and another stopper to compete with Turner looks likely.
McCoist spoke fondly of Forest when he commentated on them last season and during the 2021/22 season when they caught the eye during a run to the FA Cup quarter-finals.
The Reds will hope that Turner can keep producing the goods. If he does, Forest will be confident of picking up plenty of points during the campaign.
Nottingham Forest could be in the picture to sign Juventus’ Filip Kostić, according to a report from Italy.
The 30-year-old joined the Serie A side from Eintracht Frankfurt last summer and finished his debut season with three goals and 12 assists from 56 games. He was mainly used as a left wing-back while was also deployed as a winger on a few occasions.
TuttoMercatoWeb state Juventus consider the possible sale of Kostić and Nottingham Forest could be an option for him.
It’s claimed a Premier League side have come forward to request information about him and ‘all clues lead to Nottingham Forest’.
TMW state the Tricky Trees are an ‘ambitious’ club who have already looked at the Italian market since they returned to the Premier League in 2022.
The Serbia international earns €2.5m per year and the report states his salary ‘would not be a problem’ for Steve Cooper’s side.
Apart from Nottingham Forest, there would be several clubs in Germany interested in bringing Kostić back to the Bundesliga. VfL Wolfsburg are the only German club mentioned in the report.
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