Lincoln City look set to keep hold of Nottingham Forest loanee Brennan Johnson for the remainder of the season.

The Imps currently sit top of Sky Bet League One after accruing 42 points from 21 league outings, with Johnson playing an influential role in their promotion push since arriving on loan from Forest.

The young midfielder has scored seven goals in all competitions and chipped in with a number of assists, establishing himself as one of their most dangerous players going forward.

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With Forest struggling towards the bottom of the Championship and goals evading the Reds, many fans have been calling for Johnson to be recalled this month.

But Chris Hughton has told Nottinghamshire Live: "There would be numerous occasions where somebody goes out on loan and you find they’re not playing so much.

"At the moment, probably my thoughts are more very much that he’s better off there. "We look forward to him hopefully having a very good season. And then the summer becomes a different story."

This is likely to be a massive relief for Lincoln fans and for Michael Appleton, who saw Tyler Walker be recalled from his loan spell at the LNER Stadium at this point last season.

Walker had scored 16 goals for Lincoln before being recalled by Sabri Lamouchi, with Lincoln struggling to cope afterwards.

Here, we take a look at Lincoln fans' reactions to this promising update...