{"id":305223,"date":"2025-07-31T00:14:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T00:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/305223\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T00:14:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T00:14:20","slug":"how-good-is-dan-ndoye-nottingham-forest-set-to-break-club-record-to-replace-anthony-elanga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/305223\/","title":{"rendered":"How good is Dan Ndoye? Nottingham Forest set to break club record to replace Anthony Elanga"},"content":{"rendered":"

Set to sign\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

\n \u00a9TM\/IMAGO\n <\/p>\n

Nottingham Forest<\/a>\u00a0didn\u2019t wait around long to find a replacement for\u00a0Anthony Elanga<\/a>. According to Fabrizio Romano, the Premier League<\/a> side are set to complete the signing of Bologna<\/a> winger Dan Ndoye<\/a> for an initial fee of \u20ac40 million, plus \u20ac5m in add ons and an additional clause that will entitle the Serie A side to 10 percent of Ndoye\u2019s transfer fee when he eventually leaves Forest. Such a fee would make the Switzerland international the club\u2019s second largest signing of all time, just below the \u20ac41.2m Forest paid for Elliot Anderson<\/a> last summer. However, if the add ons are met, Ndoye will move to top spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Rumour<\/p>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n \"Dan <\/td>\n\n Dan Ndoye<\/a> <\/td>\n\n \"Bologna <\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n Right Winger <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n\n\n Bologna <\/td>\n\n \"Bologna <\/td>\n\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

100 %\n <\/td>\n\n \"Nottingham <\/td>\n\n Forest <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n Serie A <\/td>\n\n Premier League <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

Such a fee undoubtedly suggests that Forest were very keen to sign a player that many consider to be a direct replacement for the star they just sold. Ndoye may go on to become his new club\u2019s record signing, but he\u2019ll have to do very well to replace the club\u2019s record sale, after Elanga departed the English club for Newcastle in a deal worth \u20ac61.4m earlier this month. So how good is Forest\u2019s new signing and does he have the talent to fill in for Elanga on the right wing this season?\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Ndoye made the move to Serie A<\/a> in 2023, when Bologna signed the young winger from Basel for a fee of \u20ac10.2m. And since then he has undoubtedly established himself as an attacking talent that can play at the highest level. Although Ndoye was slow off the mark, bagging just three goals and assists in 32 league games in his first season for the club, he undoubtedly got up to speed last season, clocking no less than 12 goals and assists in 30 league games for Vincenzo Italiano\u2019s side. \u201cNdoye had a solid first season, although he struggled when it came to pure numbers,\u201d said Stefano Buonfino, Transfermark\u2019s Serie A expert when asked about the Swiss forward\u2019s time in Italy. \u201cIn his second year, he truly broke out\u2014his performances improved even further, and he began scoring regularly, becoming one of the most decisive wingers in the league.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Can Ndoye replace Elanga at Forest this season?<\/p>\n

What Forest fans will want to know is whether their new signing is capable of replacing Elanga, who ended up bagging 31 goals and assists in 74 league games for the club. The 23-year-old Swedish talent was largely able to achieve that thanks to his excellent dribbling skills, which helped him to take advantage of the fast-paced nature of the Premier League. And, luckily for Forest, Ndoye certainly has many of those same skills and talents as his predecessor, according to Buonfino. \u201cNdoye is very fast, quick, hard to catch, and explosive in one-on-one situations,\u201d noted Buonfino when asked about the player\u2019s style of play. \u201cWhen he finds space, he\u2019s lethal, as he\u2019s able to make the most of his advantage. Over the past season, he\u2019s also improved against compact defenses, thanks to his unpredictability.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Player Comparison<\/p>\n

\n Newcastle United <\/p>\n

\n Bologna FC 1909 <\/p>\n

\u20ac42.00m<\/p>\n

Market Value<\/p>\n

\u20ac35.00m<\/p>\n


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<\/p>\n

Right Winger<\/p>\n

Position<\/p>\n

Right Winger<\/p>\n


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–<\/p>\n

Contract until<\/p>\n

Jun 30, 2027<\/p>\n

\n Full Player Comparison\n <\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Indeed, Ndoye picked up an impressive average of 0.50 goals and assists per 90 in Serie A last season, which isn\u2019t too far off Elanga\u2019s average in the Premier League of 0.61 per 90. But the \u20ac40m question is undoubtedly whether Ndoye can maintain that average and even improve on it in the English top-flight this season. Here, Bounfino is again optimistic for Forest\u2019s new signing. \u201cNdoye is an intelligent player who seems to have worked on his flaws, adapting very well to the tactical demands of Serie A,\u201d noted the Italian football expert. \u201cIf he finds high defensive lines and space to attack in the Premier League, he could establish himself as a valuable asset in the league\u2014perhaps even attracting the interest of more ambitious clubs.\u201d<\/p>\n

The prospect of losing another top-class winger before he\u2019s even joined the club won\u2019t fill Forest fans with much joy, but long before they have to seriously worry about such a scenario, they can most likely rest easy in knowing that the club have signed an ideal solution to their right-winger problems. Ndoye may not be Elanga, but he could go a long way to replacing the winger in the forthcoming Premier League campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Set to sign\u00a0 \u00a9TM\/IMAGO Nottingham Forest\u00a0didn\u2019t wait around long to find a replacement for\u00a0Anthony Elanga. According to Fabrizio…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[1099,112241,79504,79185,94,3047,178,101,8634,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-305223","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-anthony-elanga","9":"tag-bologna-fc-1909","10":"tag-dan-ndoye","11":"tag-elliot-anderson","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-newcastle-united","14":"tag-nottingham-forest","15":"tag-premier-league","16":"tag-serie-a","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114944964477017965","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305223","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=305223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}