Boss Steve Cooper played down any suggestions Nottingham Forest might add to their number of summer signings before Sunday’s clash with Tottenham Hotspur.
Seventeen new faces have been brought in so far since the Reds clinched promotion - although two have immediately gone out on loan - and they are still targeting further business before next Thursday’s 11pm deadline. Bolstering their defensive ranks is a priority - at wing-back and at centre-back - as Cooper aims to have sufficient cover in every position.
The Welshman would not be drawn on reports of Everton’s Michael Keane being a target. But he reiterated the level of “ambition” being shown by the club with the deals already done.
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Asked about Forest being linked with Keane, Cooper said: “I can’t, and I won’t talk about any players until they sign. We’ve been linked with a lot (of players) - some may be true, some are definitely not.
“We want to sign more players. I know we’ve signed a lot, and we’re not going to shy away from talking about that or why we’ve done it. The reality is we would hope to have signed even more than what we have done by now, but that’s the nature of a transfer window.
“There are still a few days to get things done, both ways. We’ll see where we end up.
“We want to get to a point, when the window closes, where we have good cover for every position. But also, good challenge for every position as well.
“We just want to give ourselves the best opportunity to be able to compete. That’s all we’re trying to do.
“I would much rather get asked questions about how many players we’ve signed than maybe not signing enough, because it just shows we have the right ambition. We’re still going through the transfer window process.
“At the end of it, when it shuts, hopefully - and there’s no guarantee - we’ve got enough players in our squad to cover each position and have the right challenge for each position, so we have a competitive environment on the training pitch.
“I don’t think there will be any before Sunday. I hope so before the end of the window, but there’s nothing imminent.
“There’s a lot going on, both with players coming in and going out. But I don’t see anything (happening) before the weekend.”
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