Q&A: Summer departures and early transfer business

[BBC] [Getty Images] In the second part of a special Q&A, our Nottingham Forest reporter Nick Mashiter focuses on potential summer departures and when to expect arrivals. Dave asked: Forest have a great squad on paper but most of last season's new signings struggled to get going and break into the first team as a regular. Who do you think will make this transition this season? Or do you think Forest should sell those players? Nick: Dan Ndoye, Dilane Bakwa and James McAtee can probably all have similar complaints in terms of game time and the impact they made. Bakwa made six Premier League starts, Ndoye 14 and McAtee two but with the constant change of managers and tactics some concessions have to be made. More will be expected from all of them this season though. Arnaud Kalimuendo is likely to leave and could return to Eintracht Frankfurt, after spending the second half of last season on loan there. We started to see more glimpses of Omari Hutchinson's talent towards the end of the season but there needs to be more end product from the record signing after just one goal in 41 appearances. Should they sell some? Realistically the club may do well do recoup the money they spent last season so financially I'm not sure it makes sense and the market is not going to be there - the level of clubs who may be interested won't be able spend what Forest would demand. See Forest's full 2026-27 Premier League fixture list Ken asked: The idea was that Forest would get their transfer business done early. How early? Are Forest recruitment representatives at The World Cup? Nick: Vitor Pereira wanted to get things done early to ensure he had the bulk of his squad to work with over pre-season. "Let's prepare ourselves to be ready from the beginning. If not, you start losing before you start the season," he said after the final game against Bournemouth last month. He was unhappy with the slow nature of Wolves' business last summer, so much so he regretted signing a new deal to stay at Molineux. So he is keen to avoid that situation again but it's easier said than done. There are so many variables: agents, negotiations, rival bids, the considerations of players - whether they should move their families. The World Cup, of course, is the biggest factor in the window. As much as clubs want to do fast business, the tournament will slow things down. The game also needs the trickle down effect, the bigger moves will start the dominoes falling for other transfers. Keep across this page for parts three and four of Nick's Q&A, which will look at subjects including who replaces Elliot Anderson and the City Ground redevelopment plans.