Lewis Grabban says he would welcome the addition of another striker at Nottingham Forest in January.
With head coach Sabri Lamouchi looking to boost the Reds’ firepower, the club have been linked with a number of forwards ahead of the transfer window.
First-choice front man Grabban has hit 10 goals in 20 appearances so far this term.
But with only Wolverhampton Wanderers loanee Rafa Mir as back-up, the 31-year-old believes more competition can only help Forest’s promotion push - even if that means a fight for the shirt.
“We need a striker. We need another player. We need quality players to come in - whoever it may be,” said Grabban.
“It’s whatever benefits the team to get us where we need to get to.
“Me personally, I’m not bothered at all with the speculation around forwards because we need strengthening in that January window.
“Normally teams who go up, they strengthen in that window - it kicks them on.
“If we can do that, it would be great.
“It would mean competition, which again is good for the squad.
“It gives you that bit to fight for.
“Competition is always good. You don’t want to be in a squad where there’s no competition because people get lazy.”
Grabban is, by some distance, the club’s top scorer in the Championship this term, with Joe Lolley his nearest rival, on three goals.
The former Bournemouth man, though, insists he does not feel any extra pressure on his shoulders.
“It’s not the pressure of being the main striker, it’s just being a striker,” Grabban said.
“I always say, as a striker you need to score goals, so there’s the pressure of that.
“Then there’s the pressure of performing, so you have those two elements.
“But not particularly (the pressure of) you’re the only one who can do it, because we’ve got other players who have chipped in with goals at different times.
“As a unit, we need to feel pressure as a team to win games.”
And while he may be one of the more experienced members in the City Ground dressing room, Grabban says he is still learning under Lamouchi.
“I think you are always learning in football,” he said.
“Football is changing all the time. The game evolves, so players need to evolve along with that.
“There’s always stuff to learn - different tactics, different systems.
“And as you get older, the physical side probably decreases a little bit, so your knowledge and mental side need to increase to make up the difference.”
