Nottingham Forest are close to securing an agreement that will mean the club staying at the City Ground, their home for the last 125 years, and abandoning the idea of moving to a new site on the outskirts of the city.
The Athletic can reveal that the club’s negotiations with their landlord, Nottingham City Council, are at an advanced stage and, if everything goes to plan, the news will be communicated officially in the coming days.
That, in turn, would mean Forest should be in a position soon to press ahead with their “masterplan” to turn the City Ground into a 40,000-seat...