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Nottingham Post
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Matt Davies

Is this striker the next name off the Nottingham Forest production line?

Young striker Will Swan has travelled with the Nottingham Forest squad for their game at Bournemouth tonight.

Swan, who also made the trip to Barnsley on Saturday, scored nine goals in nine games with Southern League side Truro City during a loan spell last season.

He has caught the eye this term for Forest's under-23s with eight goals to his name already and with Lewis Grabban out injured, manager Chris Hughton has been keeping tabs on Swan, 20.

"He's trained with us the last few days and he'll travel again," Hughton told BBC Radio Nottingham.

"When I look at the position he plays, with Lewis Grabban out, it's an area we don't perhaps have the numbers we would like.

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"He's impressed me when I've seen him. I've watched two under-23s games live and in training here.

"He's impressed in those games. He looks like he's always going to get an opportunity to score goals.

"He's got that pace to get him away from defenders. If I'm looking at the under-23s squad we've got, speaking to Gary (Brazil) and Andy Reid, he's one of the players that has done better, so it's a reward for him."

Hughton tempered expectations by saying Swan could yet return to the Under-23s fold and if that happens he must maintain a positive attitude around the club.

"First and foremost he's done well enough to be with the first team," he said.

"The experience of being around first team players will be good for him. Ultimately it's about him making sure he conducts himself the right way.

"At any stage he is back training with the Under-23s then his application has to be the same as it has been with the first team.

"It gives us a chance to look at him. I hope there are two or three others that will get the chance to train with us at various stages."

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