New leader wants meeting with Forest owner amid City Ground row

Nottingham City Council 's new leader says one of her first acts will be asking Nottingham Forest's owner and chairman for a meeting to "thrash out" the dispute over the City Ground . Neghat Khan, officially confirmed as David Mellen's successor on Monday , says she will have to "work some magic" but wants to see Evangelos Marinakis and Tom Cartledge face to face.

The city council, as the owner of that land, reportedly wants to increase rent from £250,000 a year to "north of a million." The option for Nottingham Forest to buy their stadium's freehold for £10 million has also been on the table from the very start of their negotiations with the city council.

"I've got to work some magic, but I think it's doable. That's one of my first acts as leader will be writing to the Forest chairman and the owner and asking for a meeting face to face and hopefully, at the end of it, shake hands." Once the major stadium work had been completed, Forest has also revealed plans for a 169-unit residential block near the existing Bridgford House apartments. It is the latter element in particular that the city council says changes the value of Nottingham Forest's current lease agreement, which has 30 years left on it.

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