Latest Nottingham Forest news as Reds transfer sliding doors moment is recalled
Transfer windows are always judged on the signings which happen. But just as interesting are the ones which don't.
Reports began to emerge towards the end of that year that the Reds, with Billy Davies in charge, were keen. Suggestions a £2-3 million bid being in the offing emerged. Birmingham City also held an interest. Come January 2010, though, Davies remained coy.READ MORE: Forest winners and losers from summer transfer window
“But without knowing what the budget is and the situation is, it’s very difficult. All you can do is recommend a number of possible targets with different financial packages against their heads, then wait and see how far we can go.” “The clubs had agreed the potential of the move, so it was something that he had to think about. To his credit, he wanted to stay at Spurs. He wanted to establish himself there.
"When I was at Southampton there was a buzz about two kids at the Academy — Theo Walcott and Gareth Bale,” he said. “We heard all sorts of positive reports and I knew there was interest from Liverpool about signing Gareth in the summer of 2007. "The night that did it for me with him was when he scored a hat-trick in the San Siro. Maicon, the Inter Milan right-back, looked like he had been traumatised by the way Gaz kept running at him relentlessly.
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