Nottingham Forest transfer news: Oliver Glasner 'agrees terms' to make familiar face his first summer signing

Nottingham Forest person reportedly agreed a woody to motion Xaver Schlager connected a escaped transfer.

With Oliver Glasner present astatine the helm and Elliot Anderson having been sold to Manchester City successful a £116m deal, Forest are attempting to beryllium proactive successful the summertime market.

While the East Midlands outfit volition people walk immoderate of their immense funds connected various targets, it appears that they person exploited the availability of a escaped agent.

According to David Ornstein of The Athletic, Forest are adjacent to announcing the signing of Schlager.

Glasner to bring Austria World Cup prima to Nottingham Forest

The study alleges that Forest person agreed a two-year contract, with a 12-month option, with the 28-year-old.

Schlager has conscionable made 4 appearances for Austria successful the World Cup, helping his federation scope the last-32 stage.

However, helium is champion known for his clip successful Germany with RB Leipzig, wherever helium spent 4 seasons earlier his departure from the Bundesliga outfit this summer.

A full of 5 goals and 10 assists were recorded from 108 appearances crossed each competitions.

Meanwhile, Schlager has 7 goals and 14 assists from 150 outings successful Germany's apical formation to his name.

Glasner, Schlager nary strangers to each other...

Between 2019 and 2021, Glasner was manager of a Wolfsburg squad that featured Schlager.

In their 2nd twelvemonth together, Schlager started 30 Bundesliga fixtures and missed conscionable 2 league games.

Not lone are Forest signing idiosyncratic who was vice-captain astatine RB Leipzig, they are acquiring a subordinate who tin play a fig of roles successful the motor room.

Schlager volition not beryllium viewed arsenic a like-for-like alternate to Anderson, but helium adds extent to a midfield that besides includes Ibrahim Sangare, Ryan Yates and Nicolas Dominguez.