Nottingham Forest have had a successful start to the season under Sabri Lamouchi and currently sit second during this international break.

It's a magnificent achievement from the former Rennes boss to have the Reds in the automatic promotion places because he inherited a massive squad and many anticipated he would need time to get his ideas across.

However, he has been ruthless in his approach and appears to have a settled side with a good spine.

Summer signing Brice Samba is the number one at the City Ground and he has been an excellent bit of business from the Championship side.

His form has knocked Costel Pantilimon down the pecking order, with another recent recruit, Aro Muric, second choice as well.

Therefore a move in January for the Romanian seems like the best options and Nottinghamshire Live reporter Barry Cooper hinted that his exit is likely in the New Year.

And, here we look at TWO players who will surely follow him out the door when the window opens...

Alexander Milosevic

The Swedish defender did pretty well under Martin O'Neill last season but he is not in the plans of the current boss, evident by the fact he isn't involved in the squad for league games.

Quite simply, Forest have too many centre-backs at the club with Michael Dawson, Joe Worrall, Chema and Tobias Figueiredo ahead of him and Yohan Benalouane may be when he returns to fitness.

So, it would be a remarkable turnaround for him to get some game time and a January transfer would appear to suit all concerned.

Claudio Yacob

Another who seems a long way from the XI right now is midfielder Yacob. The Argentinian has yet to play in the league this season and he is victim to the large squad that Lamouchi has to choose from.

At 32-years-old, he will want to spend his final few years playing and that's not going to happen for Forest.

 

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