Birmingham City and Middlesbrough are also said to have been chasing the Bournemouth striker, who appears to be Nottingham Forest bound.
Lewis Grabban is due to undergo a medical at Nottingham Forest on Friday, according to the Daily Mirror (July 5 liveblog entry 20:06).
Birmingham City and Middlesbrough are also said to have been chasing the Bournemouth striker. However, it would appear as though Forest have won the race for his signature, after striking a £6 million agreement with his current employers.
Grabban – who has spent the past 18 months away from Bournemouth in various loan spells, the last with Birmingham’s city rivals Aston Villa – scored more goals (20) than any Championship player bar Matej Vydra last season.
However, the 30-year-old looks to have found a new permanent home courtesy of Nottingham Forest.
Forest, who failed to adequately replace Britt Assombalonga following the striker’s move to Middlesbrough a year ago, have already recruited eight players ahead of the new campaign.
Defenders Michael Dawson and Jack Robinson, midfielder João Carvalho, and forwards Gil Dias, Diogo Gonçalves and Hillal Soudani have all been added to Aitor Karanka’s side, as well as last season’s loan stars Costel Pantilimon and Tobias Figueiredo.
Have Nottingham Forest pulled off a coup with Brmingham and Middlesbrough lurking around the Bournemouth striker?
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