Latest Nottingham Forest news from as NottinghamshireLive picks out some of Reds' worst ever transfers
The Reds have a stronger squad than the one they had at the start of the summer. And that is despite losing academy graduate Brennan Johnson to Tottenham Hotspur.
In recent times, the Reds have generally done some good business in the market. But they also have a hall of shame; players who were nothing short of disasters. He was supposed to take Forest to the next level, but he left after 49 games, as his career fell apart due to his heavy drinking problem. He returned to finish his career at Rangers, but retired at 31 and died too young, at 61, from cancer.
It didn’t pan out for him at Forest, though. He arrived on loan in January 2014 for the rest of the season but only played once when the club realised they'd made a terrible mistake. He returned to Nice and eventually joined Dundee.The central defender joined Forest from Real Oviedo at the age of 31 for £1m in 1996, on the back of a solid tournament for Croatia at Euro 96. However, he only made 14 appearances as Forest were relegated from the Premier League that season.
Matrecano also played for Foggia, Napoli, Udinese and Parma. He moved into management with stints at lower league sides Foligno and former club Perugia.A manager who endured a terrible time at Forest. However, his stint as a player was even worse. Signed from Sheffield Wednesday in 1984, Brian Clough soon realised he had made an error, saying he “couldn’t trap a bag of cement”. He left five months later without playing a first-team game.
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