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Nottingham Forest launch £13m bid for Fiorentina centre-back Nikola Milenković
Nuno Espírito Santo is also looking to sign a new centre-forward and a winger ahead of his first full season in charge at the Midlands club
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Nottingham Forest have put in a £13 million bid for Fiorentina centre-back Nikola Milenković and are confident of getting a deal done.
Forest have made an offer for the Serbian international and are hoping to complete the signing later next week.
Nuno Espírito Santo is also looking to sign a new centre-forward and a winger ahead of his first full season in charge at the Midlands club.
Milenković appeared in all three of Serbia’s group matches at the European Championship and is set for a medical at the City Ground next week if negotiations continue to progress.
Forest are looking for new centre-backs after the departure of Scotland international Scott McKenna as a free agent, while former captain Joe Worrall could also leave this summer.
Midfielder Ryan Yates is also in talks over a new contract.
After Forest’s win over Chesterfield in a friendly on Saturday, Nuno admitted the priority is also to sign wide players.
He said: “We need more [signings]. Not too many, but I think we still need some things.
“Everyone can see we need wingers. The only natural wingers we have are Callum [Hudson-Odoi] and Anthony [Elanga].
“You always have to add the right pieces, there is no point in bringing [players] in just because. We need to nail everything down on the players we bring in.”
Forest avoided relegation to the Championship by six points, despite being docked four points by the Premier League for breaching financial controls.
Nuno has so far signed Newcastle midfielder Elliot Anderson for a fee of around £15 million and Brazilian goalkeeper Carlos Miguel from Corinthians.
Forest kick off their season at home to Bournemouth on August 17.