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Nuno's frustrations boil over despite Forest close to £100m spree
As Nuno Espirito Santo spoke about "dealing with doubts" just two days before the start of a season that sees Forest back in Europe for the first time in 30 years, it quickly became apparent how unhappy he is. Nuno picks his words carefully and this time he was eager to get his message across loud and clear. Like all managers, when he has something to say, he will say it and before Forest's opener against Brentford on Sunday, he voiced his spoke about how the club have lost an opportunity to build on last season and how even the players are worried at the lack of new arrivals. It was the speed of the process he was most upset with, feeling the club could have moved more quickly. Nuno is regarded as being guarded during press conferences and, for the Portuguese, it was a Forest fan? Find and follow your clubHe trusts his squad but he feels the squad lacks the required depth and quality to compete on four fronts - with their Europa League campaign on the horizon - and this was as animated as he has ever club could spend close to £100m on Omari Hutchinson, James McAtee and Arnaud Kalimuendo in the next few days - and there is interest in Juventus midfielder Douglas Luiz - but it still has not appeased is an acceptance the Under-21 European Championship - which Hutchinson and McAtee won with England - and the Club World Cup has delayed many deals. Nuno accepts other clubs will have similar issues, yet his concern is Forest. He underlined how important it is to bring players in as early as possible and it is impossible to escape how this could be the first public fracture, especially after such a successful season. This all comes just five weeks after Edu was officially appointed as the club's global sporting director.
