Magic_Michu
Mel Nurse
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I think you’ve hit the nail on the head. The way both O’Brien and Sheehan talked about the situation was this exactly - Sheehan and O’Brien have agreed the principle - O’Brien is trying to push that through from his end - he’s notified Forest that’s what he wants - but it’s up to all parties in coming to agreement of how this can happen in a financially viable way - it’s still a potential that it’s not possible.I can see a scenario where our club, Sheehan and LOB have agreed in principle on a year-long loan and that's what is being talked about, but I do find it hard to believe Forest would have done so at this stage.
Maybe if we've agreed some whopping loan fee and to covering most his wages, but then why not just buy him outright? I don't really see what's in it for Forest.
Then again, you'd think Sheehan & Co would not be so naïve as to be talking about a loan deal if they'd not spoken to Forest about it, right...? Would be reminiscent of the welsh EFL clubs talking about playing in Europe again, and spending months working on all the internal details, when it turns out the most important voice was the FA and when they got around to asking them it was, 'oh, 100% no, go away' and that was that.
But Sheehan and O’Brien are currently confident there’s a deal which can be done - and I believe this deal was quite a major part of negotiations of Sheehan agreeing to take the job.