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Nottingham Forest have ‘£9.7m’ offer for Maxime Esteve turned down by Montpellier as Steve Cooper’s side look to make their 25th signing this season to take their spending beyond £170M
- Nottingham Forest seeks to strengthen its defense with the addition of Maxime Esteve
- Esteve is highly valued by Montpellier, who wants him at least until this summer
- The 20-year-old’s current contract has another two and a half years to run
Nottingham Forest have been denied in an approach by Montpellier defender Maxime Esteve.
According to L’EquipeForest have had an offer of £9.7m with add-ons turned down by the Ligue 1 outfit.
Forest made a big splash in the summer, signing 23 players at a cost of £163.5m, and have already added to that numerical and financial outlay by adding Gustavo Scarpa ahead of this window.
Maxime Esteve is on Nottingham Forest’s radar, but Montpellier turned down an offer
The 20-year-old Esteve, who has emerged as one of France’s brightest young defensive talents, has a plethora of suitors at Montpellier determined to keep him at least until the end of the season.
A 1.80m tall centre-back, Esteve’s current contract at the Stade de la Mosson has another two and a half years to go.
In addition to Steve Cooper’s side, the likes of Everton and Serie A side Sassuolo have also rejected approaches.
Forest is also continuing talks with Palmeiras over Danilo, though he has late interest from Monaco.
In addition to Forest, Everton and Sassuolo are also interested in the coveted defender.
| PLAYER | FROM/ COST |
|---|---|
| Morgan Gibbs-White | Wolves, £42.5 million |
| dennis emmanuel | Watford, £20 million |
| Taiwo Awoniyi | Union Berlin, £17 million |
| neco williams | Liverpool, £16 million |
| orel mangala | Stuttgart, £12.75 million |
| Rowing Freuler | Atalanta, £9 million |
| Moussa Niajate | Mainz, £9 million |
| omar richards | Bayern Munich, 9 million pounds sterling |
| Lewis O’Brien | Huddersfield, £6 million |
| giulian biancone | Troyes, £5 million |
| Gustavo Scarpa | Palmeiras, £5 million |
| harry toffolo | Huddersfield, £4 million |
| Ui-jo Hwang | Bordeaux, £4 million |
| willy bolly | Wolves, £2.25 million |
| josh bowler | Blackpool, £2 million |
| cheikhou kouyate | Crystal Palace, free |
| jesse lingard | manchester united free |
| Wayne Hennessey | Burnley, free |
| Brandon Aguilera | Alajuelense, unrevealed |
| dean henderson | Manchester United, loan |
| loïc bade | Rennes, loan |
| Renan Lodi | Atlético Madrid, £5M loan fee |
| serge aurier | no club, free |
| adnan kanuric | no club, free |
| TOTAL | £168.5 million |
| Sources: Daily Mail; reported sources |