The form of Chris Wood has spearheaded their charge up the table, with the New Zealand international scoring his 14th goal of the season against the Saints to help them to their seventh win in their last eight games, form that has them in the mix for a shock Premier League title charge.

Nottingham Forest are now in talks over selling a "fantastic" £20m player to a Premier League rival this month, according to Sky Sports reporter Florian Plettenberg.

The report by David Ornstein on X (formerly Twitter) states that Forest have submitted a bid for Wissa, in the region of £22million as they look to strengthen their squad ahead of a Champions League push. However, their bid is 'significantly' below Brentford's valuation of the 28-year-old, and it will not be accepted.

Tavares, described as 'incredible, also spent last season on loan at Forest, and so he is well known to the club's support, but the club failed to activate his £12million option-to-buy clause, and they could now return for his services after a strong year in the Italian capital.

Even when Forest faced Liverpool in their previous game, there was a belief Forest could win, and there was a sense of disappointment in the dressing room and among the hierarchy when they were held to a draw by Arne Slot’s side.

Chris Wood has signed a new deal at Nottingham Forest to extend his stay at the club until at least the end of the 2026-27 season.

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Nottingham Forest forward Chris Wood has signed a two-year contract extension to stay with the Premier League club through the 2026-27 season.

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Nottingham Forest edged past Southampton 3-2 to move level on points with second-placed Arsenal in the Premier League table. However, the visitors pulled one back through Jan Bednarek on the hour-mark before Nikola Milenkovic’s goal was overturned by VAR after Wood was deemed to have interfered with play from an offside position.

Forest have been persevering with an interesting throw-in routine this season - and it resulted in a goal against Southampton on Sunday