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Nottingham Forest head coach Nuno Espirito Santo on the training pitch

As the end of the transfer window approached, Nuno Espirito Santo made no bones about what he felt Nottingham Forest required.

Full-back was an area identified as in need of strengthening and a goalkeeper was also on the shopping list. “As long as we bring what we need before the end of the market, I think we are going to be OK,” the Portuguese said last week.

John Victor duly arrived to provide another option between the posts, then Cuiabano and Oleksandr Zinchenko put pen to paper on deadline day to bolster the full-back ranks. Winger Dilane Bakwa also came through the City Ground doors in the final hours of the window to provide another option out wide.

The Reds filled the gaps Nuno had ide

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