There have been a number of standout gamers for Nottingham Forest this season, in what has been a unbelievable marketing campaign up to now. The East Midlands aspect are flying within the Premier League, with Chris Wooden their prime goalscorer. The New Zealand striker has 12 goals to his name within the prime flight.
Anthony Elanga has additionally been a standout participant for the boys in Garibaldi Crimson. The Manchester United academy graduate has three targets and 4 assists within the prime flight. That’s simply three extra targets and assists than the opposite first-choice winger for Forest, Callum Hudson-Odoi, who has two apiece.
Maybe the star of the present for Forest this season, nevertheless, has been Morgan Gibbs-White.
Gibbs-White’s stats in 2024/25
It has been a season to recollect for Forest quantity ten, Gibbs-White, after what was fairly a sluggish begin to the marketing campaign. He has 4 targets and three assists in 16 top-flight games this time period however has been particularly worthwhile in the previous few video games.
The previous Wolverhampton Wanderers man has scored or assisted six targets in his final six video games throughout competitions. That included a objective and help towards Man United at Previous Trafford in a 3-2 win at first of December.
He’s clearly extremely regarded within the footballing world. Regardless of patchy type at first of the season, former England interim supervisor Lee Carsely referred to as him as much as the nationwide staff and promptly gave him his debut. He called the 24-year-old “tough to play towards”, which is excessive reward certainly.
It looks like Gibbs-White is again to his finest, which is a big profit for Forest. Nevertheless, he’s believed to be of ‘eager curiosity’ to Premier League sides Liverpool, Manchester Metropolis, Newcastle United and Aston Villa, who might all attempt to signal him, according to the Mail.
Within the occasion of the Forest talisman leaving the membership, they may nicely have already got a substitute lined up.
Forest’s good Gibbs-White substitute
The participant in query right here is attacking midfielder Habib Diarra. According to a report from Asromalive.it earlier this week, the East Midlands outfit are concentrating on the midfielder, who might price upwards of £17m. They may go up towards fellow Premier League aspect Everton within the race to signal the 21-year-old.
Ought to Forest get a deal over the road to signal Diarra, they might be including a “large expertise” to the membership. Not less than, that’s what football talent scout Jacek Kulig described him as, which definitely bodes nicely for the Metropolis Floor trustworthy.
Certainly, the versatile midfielder has had a powerful season up to now in 2024/25 for Ligue 1 aspect Strasbourg. The Senegalese midfielder has scored 4 targets and has one help in 15 French top-flight games this season, together with one on the primary day of the season.
He’s additionally a superb chief, as proven by the very fact he has captained the membership in all of the Ligue 1 video games he has performed, very similar to Gibbs-White in Nottingham.
Not solely does he play an analogous position to the Forest skipper, as a sophisticated quantity eight or quantity ten, however the numbers are additionally up there with the previous Wolves man, too.
Statistically, you possibly can see the similarities between the 2 when comparing them on FBref. Their ball-carrying numbers stack up nicely, with Diarra averaging 2.39 progressive carries per sport and Gibbs-White solely barely extra, with 2.73.
Creatively, the Strasbourg midfielder averages 4.65 progressive passes per 90 minutes, in comparison with the Forest playmaker’s 5.18 every sport.
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Diarra & Gibbs-White in contrast |
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Stat (per 90) |
Diarra |
Gibbs-White |
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Progressive carries |
2.39 |
2.73 |
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Progressive passes |
4.65 |
5.18 |
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Key passes |
0.85 |
1.87 |
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Shot-creating actions |
1.9 |
3.96 |
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Ball recoveries |
3.17 |
4.6 |
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Stats from FBref |
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There isn’t any doubt that dropping Gibbs-White can be an enormous blow for Forest. The attacking midfielder is the talisman of the East Midlands outfit and wouldn’t be straightforward to exchange. But, they could have discovered somebody who can.
For a good worth of simply £17m, they may herald a gifted artistic midfielder with an eye fixed for objective, who can also be an awesome chief. That might simply be an outline of Gibbs-White. It definitely looks like Diarra could possibly be a unbelievable addition to the boys in Garibaldi Crimson.
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