New head coach Oliver Glasner don name im starting XI for im first match in charge of Nottingham Forest. The friendly against neighbours Notts County at Meadow Lane this afternoon (3pm kick-off) go be Glasner managerial debut with Forest.
Glasner officially start work as Reds boss earlier this week when players report for pre-season. He get few days for training ground with im new charges and now go see dem for action.
Against Notts County, Glasner don go with strong starting XI. A back three of Jair Cunha, Nikola Milenkovic and Morato go line up ahead of goalkeeper Matz Sels. Ola Aina and Neco Williams go take wing-back roles, with Ryan Yates and Morgan Gibbs-White as likely midfield pairing. James McAtee and Omari Hutchinson go provide attacking support for forward Igor Jesus.
Glasner likely to name much-changed XI for second half. John Victor, Nicolas Dominguez, Taiwo Awoniyi, Arnaud Kalimuendo, Eric da Silva Moreira, Luca Netz, Omar Richards, Dilane Bakwa, Tyler Bindon and Zach Abbott among substitutes.
Williams and Bindon don dey action for their respective nations earlier this summer but don take up Glasner request for those wey don dey international duty to return earlier than originally planned. Chris Wood, Dan Ndoye and Ibrahim Sangare no dey named as part of squad, having recently dey action at World Cup.
Following today match, Reds go head to Portugal at start of next week for 12-day training camp. During their time abroad, dem go take on Blackburn Rovers, Vitoria and Sporting Lisbon in friendlies. Dem go then dey involved in inaugural Friuli Venezia Giulia tournament, also featuring Udinese Calcio and Barcelona, for Italy. Games against Bayer Leverkusen and Stade Brestois go complete Forest summer programme.
All this na to ensure dem dey peak condition to challenge for return to European football when 2026/27 campaign begin. Glasner be club fifth head coach for space of year. He follow for footsteps of Nuno Espirito Santo, Ange Postecoglou, Sean Dyche and Vitor Pereira – with latter don dismissed earlier for summer.
Starting XI: Sels; Jair, Milenkovic, Morato; Aina, Yates, Gibbs-White, Williams; McAtee, Jesus, Hutchinson. Subs: John, Dominguez, Awoniyi, Kalimuendo, Moreira, Netz, Richards, Bakwa, Bindon, Abbott, McDonnell, Sinclair, Nwosu, Thompson.
