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Chris Watson

'Surely' - What Nottingham Forest fans are saying about Abdoulaye Diallo signing

Abdoulaye Diallo has become Nottingham Forest's latest new signing after joining the club on a free transfer.

The Senegal international goalkeeper has put pen to paper on an initial one-year contract with the Reds.

The 28-year-old is expected to compete with Brice Samba and Jordan Smith for the number one jersey.

Diallo played under Forest boss Sabri Lamouchi at French club Rennes.

He has also had loan spells with Le Havre and Turkish outfit Caykur Rizespor.

Most recently, he has played for Genclerbirligi - also in Turkey.

Forest fans have been reacting to the news of the signing. Here's what some of them had to say on Twitter...

Dave Holmes: Again low risk for the club and will provide Samba with competition which he looks like he’s needed recently.

Retro: Wasn't expecting another keeper, Sabri planning on putting two in net?

DNOnMAZ9: Glad to see another keeper come in and push Samba, who in my opinion isn't in the amazing form of his first half season.

Cany be a bad thing.

Good pedigree and 6ft'3 a good size.

Good signing #nffc

Kyle Kirkland: I admit the timing is odd but if you're wound up over that signing then you're just a perennial moaner. Pretty much every professional club has three experienced goalkeepers.

Callum: Why do we need another goalkeeper they know we can only play one at a time right?

Danny Howard: After some heavy criticism for being too defensive, it’s a ballsy move by Sabri to start fielding two goalkeepers.

Woody: We seem to be signing a whole lot of players and none leaving, time to shift some deadwood out I think. Pleased to see Samba get some proper competition.

David Pidgeon: #nffc need a box to box midfielder not another keeper.

The Red Trent: Welcome to Nottingham Abdoulaye!

AC: Surely we should be looking at improving in other areas of the pitch instead of buying a gk.

Magic Mark: See people moaning about us signing another keeper - we only have Brice and Smithy. Shelvey is promising but he’s not there just yet. Remember last season when Brice came in after signing Muric - look at how that turned out.

Kat Raggabinto: Hope he can play up front.

Hannah Forest: We have another goalkeeper... Will he be in contention for the first team? Or will he always be considered second choice?

George Harbey: A bit of a bizarre one given how impressive Brice Samba was last season and how Jordan Smith has just been given a new deal.

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