Nottingham Forest’s strategy in the summertime switch window this time round was a way more relaxed strategy compared to the erratic dealings within the years prior.
While they nonetheless made 11 new additions, there was an actual impetus to concentrate on high quality over amount to assist pull the membership additional away from the Premier League’s relegation zone.
Nuno Espírito Santo’s facet completed the switch window with a web spend of £18m – unbelievable work contemplating the standard of additives reminiscent of Nikola Milenkovic and James Ward-Prowse.
The membership additionally made some spectacular gross sales, with Orel Mangala and Moussa Niakhate making the Reds within the area of £47m – an enormous determine of their hopes of staying inside the PSR confines for an additional monetary 12 months.
Nevertheless, additionally they demonstrated their ambitions by rejecting an enormous supply for one in all their talisman in the course of the latter phases of the window.
Anthony Elanga’s time at Nottingham Forest
After becoming a member of Forest in a £15m deal from Manchester United final summer time, winger Anthony Elanga arrived with massive expectations of being successful on the Metropolis Floor.
It’s secure to say he lived as much as these expectations, registering 14 aim contributions within the Premier League final season, the second most of any participant within the Reds squad.
On account of his sensational shows within the East Midlands final season, he attracted main curiosity in the course of the summer time switch window – most notably from Newcastle United.
It was reported that the Reds rejected a £50m bid from Eddie Howe’s facet on deadline day, a sign of the ambition proven by Evangelos Marinakis to maintain maintain of his finest gamers.
Nevertheless, it’s secure to say a deal for an additional participant has did not be as profitable, with the signing unable to interrupt into the Forest first-team throughout his time on the membership.
How a lot Hwang Ui-Jo earns in 2024
South Korean ahead Hwang Ui-Jo joined the Reds in a £4.2m deal from French facet Bordeaux again in the summertime of 2022 earlier than shifting to sister membership Olympiacos on a season-long mortgage.
He’s since been on three separate mortgage spells to Norwich Metropolis, FC Seoul and Alanyaspor, solely scoring eight targets over these numerous stints – leading to no aggressive appearances for the Reds’ first crew and looking out like a whole waste of cash.
Unsurprisingly, he’s not featured in a single match day squad this season having did not safe a transfer away from the East Midlands, with Hwang now simply merely amassing a wage from the membership.
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Nottingham Forest gamers who earn lower than Hwang |
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Participant |
Weekly wage |
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Ola Aina |
£40k-p/w |
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Nicolas Dominguez |
£35k-p/w |
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Danilo |
£30k-p/w |
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Murillo |
£30k-p/w |
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Anthony Elanga |
£25k-p/w |
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Ryan Yates |
£25k-p/w |
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Stats through Capology |
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The 32-year-old earns a staggering £45k-per-week as per Capology, a determine that’s almost two occasions greater than star man Elanga who solely earns £25k-per-week regardless of his stellar kind over the past 12 months.
With the membership’s current battle with PSR, they are going to need to keep away from a repeat of final season which noticed Nuno’s facet hit with a four-point deduction.
Spending enormous wages on mediocre skills would undoubtedly contribute to the monetary state of affairs on the membership, with the hierarchy needing to chop ties with many gamers to keep away from spending such hefty wages on fringe gamers.
Hwang is only one instance of the gamers who the membership must desperately eliminate, with the South Korean unable to justify his switch charge and wages on the Metropolis Floor.
