{"id":20201,"date":"2022-06-05T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/05\/nottingham-forest-blow-as-tottenham-growing-in-confidence-over-djed-spence-deal\/"},"modified":"2022-06-05T12:00:31","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T16:00:31","slug":"nottingham-forest-blow-as-tottenham-growing-in-confidence-over-djed-spence-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/05\/nottingham-forest-blow-as-tottenham-growing-in-confidence-over-djed-spence-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest blow as Tottenham \u2018growing in confidence\u2019 over Djed Spence deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A fresh update on Tottenham\u2019s pursuit of Djed Spence has emerged over the weekend and it is not good news for Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n<p>Nottingham Forest of course secured a return to the Premier League for the first time since 1999 at the end of May, beating Huddersfield Town in the Championship play-off final.<\/p>\n<p>Djed Spence, on loan from Middlesbrough, played a key role in Forest securing a play-off berth. And it was his starring displays for Forest, in both the league and FA Cup, that has caught the eye of a number of clubs.<\/p>\n<p>After securing promotion to the Premier League, there was an expectation that Forest would try and make a permanent move for the right-back.<\/p>\n<p>However, they were facing stiff competition from a Tottenham side who can offer the defender Champions League football.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenorthernecho.co.uk\/sport\/20187940.middlesbrough-djed-spence-set-join-tottenham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Northern Echo<\/a> report Tottenham\u2019s interest at an advanced stage, and there is a growing confidence within the Spurs hierarchy that they will win the battle to sign the 21-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>In a further blow to Forest, sources claim the newly-promoted side have already begun to make moves for alternative right-back options, with Manchester City\u2019s Issa Kabore the subject of growing interest.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"gg101-at-label absolute\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item flex aic gg101__brandbox--item_no-border\" data-segment='{\"block_widget_id\":\"1670456\",\"block_widget_type\":\"cta-shortcode-button\",\"brand_id\":765961,\"brand_name\":\"Bet365\",\"offer_text\":\"New customers bet u00a310 and get u00a350 in free bets!\"}'>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__image\">\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-json\/xm-link\/Bet365Football\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__link\">\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/165x165_Bet365-squareLogo.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Bet365 Brand Logo\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-json\/xm-link\/Bet365Football\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__link\">New customers bet \u00a310 and get \u00a350 in free bets!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__get-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: #008061\">\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-json\/xm-link\/Bet365Football\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__get flex aic jcc mla\"><span class=\"cjbb__fraction only_fraction\" style=\"color:white;\">BET NOW<\/span><\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox-t-and-c\">Open Account Offer. 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UK &amp; ROI residents only<\/div>\n<p>Elsewhere on the Nottingham Forest front, the now Premier League side are said to be keen on Burnley\u2019s Nick Pope.<\/p>\n<p>Burnley were of course relegated from the top-flight this past season and Forest are now expected to try their luck with a low bid, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/football\/18784793\/nottingham-forest-nick-pope-burnley-bid\/\">Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, their report adds that the Clarets want \u00a340m for the shot-stopper, though a compromise is expected to be reached.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football-betting-tips\/match-previews\/football-predictions\/serbia-vs-slovenia-betting-tips-uefa-nations-league-preview-predictions-odds\/\">Serbia vs Slovenia betting tips: UEFA Nations League preview, predictions &amp; odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football-free-bets\/czech-republic-vs-spain-betting-tips-uefa-nations-league-preview-predictions-odds\/\">Czech Republic vs Spain betting tips: UEFA Nations League preview, predictions &amp; odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fresh update on Tottenham\u2019s pursuit of Djed Spence has emerged over the weekend and it is not good news for Nottingham Forest. Nottingham Forest of course secured a return to the Premier League for the first time since 1999 at the end of May, beating Huddersfield Town in the Championship play-off final. Djed Spence, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-20201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}