Nottingham Forest are set for a busy summer ahead with Aitor Karanka clearly dissatisfied with his current squad.

Karanka was busy in January, bringing in players and axing others to put his own personal stamp on the Forest squad but he looks set for more action this summer.

One area that the Reds desperately need to improve their options in is their strikers.

Daryl Murphy was their top scoring forward last season with seven goals, which is not a bad return but it is hardly going to fire them promotion.

Ben Brereton was one behind on six goals but he came in for a lot of criticism for being wasteful with his chances and not quite hitting the heights expected of him when he burst onto the scene.

Then Apostolos Vellios scored just twice and he is surely heading for the exit door.

At least one new striker needs to be Karanka's priority and here are five he could target.

If Aston Villa go up, they are unlikely to sign Grabban permanently, despite him scoring 20 league goals this season.

Bournemouth want to get rid and Forest should swoop for the 30-year-old at the right price as he is a proven goal scorer at Championship level.

Marriott is one of the most wanted players in the Football League after catching the eye with 33 goals for Peterborough this year.

Posh want £6.5m for the 23-year-old, though, which could put Forest off.

Swansea striker McBurnie is out of contract this summer and could be available for a small compensation fee.

After scoring nine goals in 16 starts for struggling Barnsley, the 21-year-old is likely to be hot property this summer.

Since making his January deadline move to West Ham, Hugill has only managed three short substitute cameos.

The 25-year-old needs to leave the Hammers to kick-start his career again and he is a proven performer at Championship level.

Another player likely to be interesting a lot of Championship clubs is Hernandez, who looks set to reject a new deal at Hull City and become available as a free agent.

Forest should swoop for the Uruguay international, who scored eight in eight starts this season and previously hit 20 league goals at this level.