Nottingham Forest are leaking goals and experienced defender Sebastien Bassong is available for nothing.
Nottingham Forest have the joint-worst Championship defensive record outside of the bottom three teams.
The Tricky Trees are 12th in the table but have conceded 21 goals in 13 matches, with only three clean sheets.
Mark Warburton has switched between a flat back four and a three-man defence, but his personnel are as big a problem as his failure to nail down a system.
Michael Mancienne and Jack Hobbs have struggled with injuries and Matt Mills has not offered the stability he was expected to after joining from Bolton Wanderers in 2015.
Armand Traore and Danny Fox are makeshift centre-backs, while shining light Joe Worrall is only 20 years of age and is still learning the game.
An experienced defender who is available to come in and partner Worrall is Sebastien Bassong, who has been without a club since his release by Norwich City this summer.
Bassong vies with Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo during a Champions League quarter-final for Spurs
The 31-year-old knows the demands of the Championship and has also played in the Premier League, and Champions League, for Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United.
Bassong is strong, mobile and good on the ball, and would be an asset to any Championship team if he is fit and hungry.
Warburton needs to address Forest’s defensive failings to stop them being dragged into a relegation battle, and Bassong is a short-term, low-cost solution worth investigating.
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