Nottingham Forest expresses interest in developing new stadium site

It has been confirmed that Nottingham Forest has "shown an interest" in developing on land away from their current City Ground site after reports they may leave the stadium. Negotiations with Nottingham City Council on extending Forest's lease at the Premier League club's historic stadium have stalled, with the authority having now employed specialist agents to advise on the matter.

Having played at the City Ground since 1898, a relocation for Forest has been described as "unthinkable" by some fans and manager Nuno Espirito Santo has described the stadium as being a "special" home for the club. Following the reports, the Independent Alliance group of councillors at Nottinghamshire County Council called for land at Toton previously earmarked for HS2 to be offered as a new stadium site. Councillor Keith Girling, the county council's cabinet member for economic development, has now confirmed that talks are already under way with Forest after they expressed interest in county council land. Speaking at a meeting today (Thursday, March 21), Councillor Girling said: "Officers and myself have had several meetings with Nottingham Forest and a memorandum of understanding will be coming to me to sign... Let me make this very clear, we were approached by Nottingham Forest

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Nottingham Forest Stadium Lease Negotiations Relocation City Ground New Site Nottingham City Council Specialist Agents Fans Nuno Espirito Santo Independent Alliance Councillors Nottinghamshire County Council Toton HS2 Talks Memorandum Of Understanding

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