Nottingham Forest need to sell two summer signings already to comply with Premier League rules

Steve Cooper will need to trim down his Nottingham Forest squad ahead of the upcoming Premier League registration window, with two summer signings set to be offloaded, say reports.

In total, the Reds have signed 25 players since earning promotion to England's top flight.

They started their summer spending spree by breaking their transfer record to sign Taiwo Awoniyi from Union Berlin for £17.5 million fee, before bringing in the likes of Neco Williams, Jesse Lingard and Omar Richards.

Forest made their intentions clear again when they smashed their club record transfer to bring in Morgan Gibbs-White, who joined from Wolves for a club-record fee of £25m plus add-ons.

After a busy summer, Cooper's side have been at it again in January, bringing in Gustavo Scarpa, Chris Wood, Brandon Aguilera and Danilo.

It means Forest's squad is rather full. In fact, it looks like. they are willing to let two players leave in the coming days, according to The Mirror, who say former Huddersfield pair Lewis O'Brien and Harry Toffolo could leave to make room.

O'Brien, who joined from The Terriers last summer for £8.5 million and is currently wanted by West Brom, has made six Premier League starts for the newly-promoted side this season.

Toffolo, a full-back attracting interest from Belgian outfit Anderlecht, has made six starts.

Lewis O'Brien has made 17 appearances for Forest this season. Image credit: Alamy

As is procedure, every Premier League club will be required to submit their revised squad lists after the closure of the January transfer window.

Clubs are allowed a maximum number of 25 players in their Premier League squad and under current rules, no more than 17 players in a squad can be non-homegrown. Those players can be of any nationality or age.

The remaining members of the first-team squad, meanwhile, must be homegrown. So what is a homegrown player?

The Premier League say: "a player who, irrespective of nationality or age, has been registered with any club affiliated to The Football Association or the Football Association of Wales for a period, continuous or not, of three entire seasons, or 36 months, before his 21st birthday (or the end of the season during which he turns 21)."

Harry Toffolo has made 12 appearances for Forest this season. Image credit: Alamy

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