January transfer window: How Forest, Stags and Notts County did as deadline day passes

January transfer window: How Forest, Stags and Notts County did as deadline day passes

The January football transfer window has come to a close, and all of Nottinghamshire’s top three football clubs were active in the market.

Starting on Wednesday January 1 and ending on Monday February 3 at 11pm, the window saw arrivals, departures and players tied down to contracts across the region, including some last-minute drama in the dying moments of deadline day.

Nottingham Forest, Notts County and Mansfield Town all looked to bolster their squads during the month, while also allowing some departures.

Nottingham Forest

It was a relatively quiet transfer window by Forest’s recent standards. The club brought in nine players in the summer, with two going out on loan to other clubs and two signed on loan to the Reds. Last January, they brought in goalkeeper Matz Sels and two players on loan, Rodrigo Ribeiro and Gio Reyna.

Head coach Nuno Espírito Santo mentioned in a pre-match press conference that the club’s main priority was to tie down the players they currently have, with the squad currently sitting third in the Premier League and providing the season’s surprise success story. This was exactly what they did, with top players Murillo and Chris Wood signing new contracts until 2029 and 2027 respectively. The former especially saw interest from other clubs during the window, but Forest were not interested in letting the Brazilian international go. It would’ve likely taken a club record deal.

Goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey was the first technical transfer the club made as a free agent in a return to the City Ground books after his contract expired at the end of the 23/24 season. With a quiet deadline day mostly expected, there were late moves as two young talents arrived. The first saw 20-year-old defender Tyler Bindon sign from Reading on a contract until 2028 for an undisclosed fee. A New Zealand international, Bindon emerged as one of the top talents in League One and captained the Royals earlier in the season. He is set to stay at Reading on loan for the rest of the season as they push for promotion.

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