Nottingham Forest are expected to be serious challengers for the Championship title this season and Reds fans are right to be excited.

The men from the City Ground have excelled this summer in making some class signings and it is evident that Aitor Karanka has put together a much stronger squad than last year's.

The plan, then, has to be to try and go for promotion and one of the club's new faces - Gil Dias - has sent a warning out to the rest of the league.

As quoted by the Nottingham Post, he said:

“I hope we can do well this season. This was a game against a good team [friendly against Bournemouth,] it was just one game, but it will give us confidence for the first game we will have, I think the team is ready for the Championship."

The Verdict

Forest are an ambitious unit and it looks as though Dias is really buying into that.

One of the more eye-catching signings the Reds have made this summer, it is evident that he and the likes of Diogo Goncalves and Joao Carvalho are expected to make a real impact.

Certainly, they've looked pretty sharp in pre-season so far this summer and as things continue into the season proper, it'd be no surprise to see them kick on further much as Wolves did with their marquee arrivals last season.

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