Nottingham Forest set demand for Arnaud Kalimuendo

With the arrival of Liam Delap, the position of Arnaud Kalimuendo at the club was almost certain to be in question, with his minutes this season taking a big hit.

Now, according to Sky Germany’s Florian Plettenberg, Forest won’t be standing in Kalimuendo’s way in January, should he want to leave the club.

However, ideally, Forest would like to arrange a permanent exit for Kalimuendo instead of a more likely loan exit and has set demands of £25m to sell the talented French forward.

Eintracht Frankfurt are named as an interested club; however, Forest’s £25m demand is seen as being unrealistic for the Bundesliga side right now.

That being said, Plettenberg adds it is one to watch, because Frankfurt ‘really like him’. Although it may take some compromise on the initial demands set by Forest.

Forest may need to reevaluate Kalimuendo price point

Forest may feel £25m for Kalimuendo is fair, after all, he is just 24, cost around £26m to sign just 15 months ago, and while not suited to Premier League football, could be great elsewhere.

However, the fact of the matter is that Kalimuendo has played just 50 minutes of football this season for Forest and just 89 minutes last season, making him an absolute disaster signing for the club.

In his 19 games across all competitions in the past two seasons, he has two goals, both in the Europa League against Swedish and Dutch opposition, highlighting that he just isn’t cut out for Premier League football.

The £25m demand feels laughably unlikely, and therefore, Forest should get realistic and set a figure that would actually be offered, taking a loss on the player, but less of a loss than another season not playing would lead to.

£15m seems far more likely; it also would be able to be reinvested, whereas Kalimuendo won’t play a part this season at all.