Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper has named his team to face Coventry City at the Pinatar Arena in Spain.
The Reds return to action this evening with their first pre-season friendly of the summer as they build up to the Premier League campaign. They have been in Alicante on an intense training camp this week, and round it off with a match against the Sky Blues tonight.
There is less than a month to go before Forest’s return to the top-flight. And they have already been busy in the transfer market, bringing in four new signings - Taiwo Awoniyi, Dean Henderson, Giulian Biancone and Moussa Niakhate.
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All four of the summer arrivals make the XI for the first half against Coventry. A fair few Reds fans are out in Spain for the match, and will get their first glimpse of the new quartet.
Henderson starts in goal, with a back three of Joe Worrall, Steve Cook and Niakhate in front of him. Nicholas Ioannou, who spent last term on loan at Como 1907, starts at left wing-back, with Biancone on the opposite flank.
Joe Lolley will take up the No.10 role. He will support Awoniyi and Lyle Taylor in attack. A different XI is expected to play the second half as Forest build up their fitness ready for the trip to Newcastle United on August 6.
Forest XI for first half: Henderson, Worrall, Cook, Niakhate, Biancone, Yates, Colback, Ioannou, Lolley, Awoniyi, Taylor.
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