{"id":1172821,"date":"2026-08-27T19:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T19:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1172821\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T19:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T19:38:12","slug":"nottingham-forest-sign-leeds-united-target-liam-delap-for-50m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1172821\/","title":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest sign Leeds United &#8216;target&#8217; Liam Delap for \u00a350m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/tag\/leeds-united\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leeds United<\/a> have put Nottingham Forest to the sword twice in four days, and the Reds are reacting by signing a reported target of the 49ers\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leeds are off to a flier this season with back-to-back wins over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/tag\/nottingham-forest\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nottingham Forest<\/a> in the Premier League and then EFL Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both sides will be hoping to be around mid-table at least this season. But, a lot of work must be done in the final days of the transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>Nottingham Forest beat Leeds United to Liam Delap deal in staggering \u00a350m transfer<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two games against Leeds have produced zero goals for Oliver Glasner\u2019s Forest, thanks in part to James Trafford\u2019s heroics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, it\u2019s an area of the pitch both sides have wanted to strengthen with a robus target man. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/leeds-united-interested-in-40m-rated-chelsea-striker-liam-delap\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Both clubs were interested<\/a> in signing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/tag\/liam-delap\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Delap<\/a> from Chelsea after a torrid campaign at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, Forest have won the race to sign the 23-year-old. They agreed an eye-watering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11095\/13577306\/liam-delap-joins-nottingham-forest-in-club-record-lb50m-deal-as-chelsea-make-profit-on-striker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a345million deal plus a further \u00a35million<\/a> in add-ons to sign him from Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leeds, meanwhile, will be on the look-out for a more cost effective solution after recent \u2018interest\u2019 in signing the former Ipswich Town man.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds United swerve baffling \u00a350m deal to sign Liam Delap as Nottingham Forest panic<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spending that much on a player who\u2019s just had an absolutely terrible season is really bizarre business. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Forest obviously have a hole burning in their pocket after Elliot Anderson\u2019s exit, but spending it like this doesn\u2019t seem all that wise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is Delap a potentially good option for a mid-table side? Yes, I\u2019d have taken him at Leeds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, is spending that much on Delap a wise move? Absolutely not, there\u2019s so much risk involved with signing someone struggling so much for form, and committing to that fee is mind-blowing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would\u2019ve taken Delap on an initial loan, because there\u2019s no commitment. This looks and feels like a bit of a panic from Forest.<\/p>\n<p>            0%<br \/>\n            Love<\/p>\n<p>            0%<br \/>\n            Funny<\/p>\n<p>            0%<br \/>\n            Wow<\/p>\n<p>            0%<br \/>\n            Sad<\/p>\n<p>            0%<br \/>\n            Angry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United have put Nottingham Forest to the sword twice in four days, and the Reds are reacting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1172822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,25764,393,4884,1860,2922,2969,142361,178,142362,16,15],"class_list":["post-1172821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-leeds","tag-britain","tag-elland-road","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-leeds","tag-leeds-united","tag-liam-delap","tag-lufc","tag-nottingham-forest","tag-the-whites","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117169167695555036","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1172821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1172822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1172821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1172821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1172821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}