{"id":577960,"date":"2021-01-08T11:29:45","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T16:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=577960"},"modified":"2021-01-08T11:44:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T16:44:13","slug":"nottingham-forest-secure-loan-extension-for-anthony-knockaert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/08\/nottingham-forest-secure-loan-extension-for-anthony-knockaert\/","title":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest Secure Loan Extension for Anthony Knockaert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Knockaert will have his stay at Nottingham Forest extended after the Reds agreed terms on a new loan until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<h2>Anthony Knockaert Extends Loan Deal With Nottingham Forest<\/h2>\n<h3>Winger Beginning to Show More Quality<\/h3>\n<p>Nottingham Forest have extended Anthony Knockaert&#8217;s loan from Fulham to the City Ground.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds had an option to buy the winger at the end of his loan spell, but Forest have negotiated a new loan agreement according to reports from Paul Taylor and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JPercyTelegraph\/status\/1347566660568428544?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Percy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anthony Knockaert will be staying at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NFFC<\/a> for the rest of the season&#8230; his loan has been extended\/renewed, however you wish to put it. Positive as he was just starting to find a bit of sharpness.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Paul Taylor (@nottmtails) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nottmtails\/status\/1347570339178549253?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The winger has produced mixed performances since arriving on-loan from Fulham in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>He has scored just one goal in sixteen appearances for Nottingham Forest; managing a shot accuracy of just 25 per cent and only 0.4 shots on target per 90 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>While he has not been as consistent as boss Chris Hughton perhaps may have liked, the winger has begun to reveal more glimpses of the quality that earned him a \u00a310 million move to Fulham in July 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the 29-year-old&#8217;s loan arrangement on Thursday, Chris Hughton told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottinghampost.com\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/nottingham-forest-boss-comments-anthony-4866002\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nottinghamshire Live<\/a>: &#8220;We are very much in a period of January where we are looking at the options &#8211; and all of the options we have.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What I will say about Anthony is he has certainly given us something in this period of time, different to the other wide players we&#8217;ve got.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over the period of time he has started to have more influence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But we are in a January period where we have to start making decisions. And we hope there are decisions to be made.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;This is a player we&#8217;ve had here since the start of the season and he&#8217;s got better in the period of time he&#8217;s been here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But we have to look at all of the options, or potential options, we have.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>One In and One Out<\/h3>\n<p>Cypriot defender <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/07\/actively-trying-to-do-chris-hughton-on-possible-nicholas-ioannou-loan-move\/\" target=\"_self\">Nicholas Ioannou<\/a> remains likely to make a loan move away from the City Ground.<\/p>\n<p>His last appearance for the Reds was a 1-1 draw against Luton Town in which he was sent off.<\/p>\n<p>Yuri Riberio has since adopted the left-back position as his own, relegating Ioannou to the substitutes\u2019 bench on six occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"mecXXjG6RAJE1gFRCCZMtg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1230308859\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'mecXXjG6RAJE1gFRCCZMtg',sig:'JbQvasZrKL32V63oS4BUb5JEA76y_TULoxuuE-785uQ=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1230308859',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Knockaert will have his stay at Nottingham Forest extended after the Reds agreed terms on a new loan until the end of the season. 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