Nottingham Forest blow as Moussa Niakhate ruled out for a few months

Nottingham Forest injury BLOW as new signing Moussa Niakhate is ruled out ‘for a few months’ with thigh injury… while boss Steve Cooper reveals that the Reds are not ‘finished with ins and outs’

  • Nottingham Forest defender Moussa Niakhate sidelined with a thigh injury 
  • Forest boss Steve Cooper revealed the Frenchman will be out ‘for a few months’
  • Defender started both of the Reds’ opening two Premier League games this term 
  • Cooper also claimed that his side are not ‘finished with ins and outs’ in window 

Nottingham Forest’s Moussa Niakhate is facing months on the sidelines after a thigh injury sustained last weekend against West Ham.

Niakhate, 26, joined Forest in a £9million move from Mainz last month but manager Steve Cooper revealed that tests on the central defender have revealed he will need a lengthy spell out.

‘He is out for a few months. He had a scan in the week and it didn’t come back too good,’ confirmed Cooper after Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Everton.

Nottingham Forest defender Moussa Niakhate has been sidelined following a thigh injury

The Reds’ manager Steve Cooper revealed that the defender will be ‘out for a few months’

‘It is a blow for him as he’d settled in well but these things happen. It’ll have to be the next man up and maybe it will change our view of the end of the transfer window, we will see. I don’t think we are finished with ins and outs.’

Niakhate was one of 16 players signed so far by newly-promoted Forest this summer.

It has been a busy summer for Cooper’s side, and the Reds smashed their transfer record this month with the £42.5m signing of Morgan Gibbs-White from Wolves. 

Niakhate started both of Forest’s opening two Premier League games since move from Mainz

Forest club-record signing Morgan Gibbs-White featured against Everton after £42.5m switch

The addition takes the Tricky Trees’ summer spending up to £150m in their attempt to build a side capable of avoiding Premier League relegation.

Forest’s summer window has garnered widespread attention as they return to the top-flight for the first time in 23 years. 

Cooper’s side have amassed four points in their opening three games of the game, but will have felt hard-done-by after conceding an 88th minute equaliser at Goodison Park on Saturday. 

The Reds host Tottenham Hotspur at the City Ground in their next Premier League clash on Sunday, yet will have to do so without Niakhate. 




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