Premier League trio Everton, Crystal Palace and The Saints were linked with Nottingham Forest’s Championship flyer Matty Cash.
Everton can probably shelve plans for that £12 million bid now.
According to The Sun (15 November, page 74), The Toffees were lining up a January offer for Nottingham Forest’s midfielder-turned-right-back Matty Cash, with Crystal Palace and Southampton also circling.
But Cash isn’t going anywhere. At least not in January.
Just 24 hours after that 4-0 thrashing of QPR at Loftus Road, the week got even better for Forest fans everywhere as the news broke that their long-serving academy graduate had put pen to paper on a new three-and-a-half year deal with the two-time European champions.
Cash, writing on Instagram, said he was ‘so, so happy’ with his new deal – and it’s fair to say the City Ground faithful will be sharing his joy given how impressive the 22-year-old has been as a rampaging right-back in Sabri Lamouchi’s system.
“Love The Reds and thrilled to continue my development with this fantastic team!” he wrote. “Bring on the Premier League.”
Forget Everton, Palace or Southampton, Cash is dreaming of playing top flight football in Garibaldi red and, the way things are going right now, it would take a brave man to bet against Nottingham Forest ending their two-decade long exile from the top flight within the next six months.
This feels like a special season for Forest and Cash knows it. The sleeping giant is stirring.
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