Nottingham Forest are in talks with Aberdeen over a deal to bring Scott McKenna to the City Ground, with the Reds hoping for a breakthrough in the coming days.

It’s been an extremely poor start to the season for Forest in the Championship this season, with Sabri Lamouchi’s side losing their opening two fixtures of the campaign.

Now, it’s emerged that McKenna is on the radar as Forest look to strengthen Lamouchi’s options in defence.

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According to the Telegraph’s John Percy, Forest are in talks with Aberdeen over the 23-year-old and are looking to make a breakthrough in the coming days in a bid to lure him to the Championship.

McKenna is a Scottish international centre-back and has made over 100 appearances for Aberdeen.

This season, he’s featured on four occasions already in the Scottish Premiership, whilst he’s made a couple of appearances in the Europa League.

Forest’s start to the season went from bad to worse yesterday, with Lamouchi’s side suffering a second successive Championship defeat.

A brace from Kieffer Moore at the City Ground helped Cardiff to a 2-0 win over Forest, leaving them in the Championship’s bottom three.

The Verdict  

There’s something not quite clicking at the moment with Forest and a new signing could lift things.

That’s not to say that Lamouchi hasn’t been backed yet this summer, but McKenna is a high-profile signing and might just inject a little bit more quality and belief into the side.

Let’s see if Forest can wrap things up.

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