Nottingham Forest are interested in signing Adama Traoré. If a deal can be done for the 29-year-old Fulham winger it would reunite him with Nuno Espírito Santo, with whom he worked at Wolves.
After selling Anthony Elanga and Ramón Sosa, Forest are eager to recruit new wingers. A club‑record deal was agreed on Monday for Bologna’s Dan Ndoye, with the Switzerland international to join this week after a medical is completed. Personal terms are not thought to be an issue or Ndoye, who turned down the chance of moving to the Serie A champions Napoli in favour of the Premier League.
Traoré has spent the past two seasons at Craven Cottage after joining on a free transfer from Wolves, where he worked under Nuno for three years, helping them to finish seventh twice. The Portuguese is a huge admirer of Traoré and is pushing for a deal to be completed. Traoré played 36 times for Fulham last season, scoring twice and creating a further seven goals to help Marco Silva’s team to finish 11th.
The potential arrival of Traoré, considered one of the quickest players in the Premier League, would help to negate the loss of Elanga, who joined Newcastle for £55m earlier in the window. Going into their first European campaign in 30 years, Forest are also considering increasing their bid for James McAtee after an opening offer of £20m plus £5m in add-ons was rejected by Manchester City for the England Under-21 midfielder.
Everton have signed the teenage left-back Adam Aznou from Bayern Munich for a fee in the region of £8m. The 19-year-old a Morocco international spent three years at Barcelona’s La Masia academy before joining Bayern at the age of 16. He made four senior appearances for Bayern, including one at the recent Club World Cup, and featured 13 times in La Liga last season while on loan at Real Valladolid.
Aznou is Everton’s fourth signing of the summer and will provide much-needed competition for Vitalii Mykolenko, who was the club’s only established left-back. The teenager has signed a four-year contract.
The Everton manager, David Moyes, said: “He’s a young, talented player with a lot of potential. Left-backs are not easy to get and we’ve brought in a young player who we hope will grow in his time at Everton.”
Leicester City, meanwhile, have signed Asmir Begovic on a one-year contract. The 38‑year‑old goalkeeper was a free agent after leaving Everton at the end of last season and last played in the Championship for Queens Park Rangers in 2023-24. Begovic, who played for Bournemouth, Chelsea and Stoke in the Premier League, reunites with the head coach, Marti Cifuentes, who worked with him at QPR.
Begovic is Leicester’s first summer signing with the club hamstrung by financial parameters. Their No 1 goalkeeper, Mads Hermansen, has top-flight interest.
