Forest's fate still to come into full focus

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Nottingham Forest still face a number of sliding door moments before their fate comes into focus.

Already out of the FA Cup after last week's defeat by Wrexham, the return of the Europa League next week adds further complication to their Premier League survival bid.

Saturday's visit of Arsenal comes with Forest seven points clear of the relegation zone before Thursday's trip to Braga in the Europa League.

The transfer window will naturally dominate a lot of the conversation at Dyche's news conference, Arnaud Kalimuendo has already joined Frankfurt and Forest are open to cutting short Oleksandr Zinchenko's loan.

Forest's priority is to bolster their forward options and give Igor Jesus much-needed support.

With Chris Wood sidelined after a knee operation and Taiwo Awoniyi not included in their current Europa League squad, Jesus is not likely to get much of a break this month.

Wolves striker Jorgen Strand Larsen is among their targets and Wolves are braced for clubs to firm up their interest in the Norway international but Forest would need to break their transfer record if they decided to pursue him further.

Dyche will also be looking at a response from the FA Cup defeat in Wales, having labelled the first half, where Forest were 2-0 down, "unacceptable".

They may be seven points clear of West Ham but the Hammers will close that gap with a win at Tottenham before Forest play the league leaders at the City Ground on Saturday evening.

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