This is no surprise given that Cooper, released by Forest in December, played a total of seven minutes against Santos in the Premier League.
Now, The Athletic has made a rather surprising claim that Forest have signed Santos on a season-long loan from Chelsea.
They claim that until Cooper arrived at training one day, he didn’t even know the club had signed the Brazilian prodigy.
Forest Santos Photo; Ami Ford.
NFFC; Getty Images Considering Cooper was the head coach, it might not be all that surprising if he wasn’t involved in every new signing the club made, but it’s ridiculous It sounds like.
Other Forest Stories Santos was recalled by Chelsea yesterday and it is believed that several other clubs are currently vying to sign him on loan.
The 19-year-old has huge potential and Cooper praised Santos’ training efforts during his time at Forest.
FOREST NEEDS TO IMPROVE RECRUITMENT STRATEGY No one is saying his owner and his son shouldn’t have a say in recruitment, but no matter what the plan is for the head coach must be included.
Since Forest were promoted to the Premier League, they have signed too many players who have contributed little to their success.
It’s refreshing to hear Nuno Espirito Santo talk about his desire to slim down the team.
He is the only three players added this month.
A deal like Santos’ makes little sense and Forest may now have a strained relationship with Chelsea.
The teenager is a talented player who captains the Brazil Under-23 team, and the Blues will not be happy that he has played little football this season.
Forest has made some exceptional offers.
Murillo, Morgan Gibbs-White, Danilo, Nicolas Dominguez and Moussa Niahate have all been influences, but there are others.
However, Santos, along with Divock Origi and Nuno Tavares, turned out to be a very poor loan deal from Forest’s point of view.
With this in mind, Forest’s recruitment strategy is far from perfect and they need to learn something from this Santos fiasco.
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