Nottingham Forest transfer news: Their four targets, latest on Morgan Gibbs-White and Manchester City and the impact of PSR
No Champions League, but undoubtedly an enormously successful season has come to a close for Nottingham Forest.
No one expected Nuno Espirito Santo 's side to challenge the big boys this campaign - outside the club, that is - and yet for the majority of it they were in the top three, only to suffer a late slip and end up seventh.
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