{"id":616120,"date":"2022-08-11T11:17:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T15:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=616120"},"modified":"2022-08-11T11:17:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T15:17:04","slug":"watford-striker-emmanuel-dennis-nottingham-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/11\/watford-striker-emmanuel-dennis-nottingham-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Watford Striker Could Be on the Move as Premier League Club Submits an Offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Few teams have been as busy as <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/25\/orel-mangala-nottingham-forest-stuttgart\/\" target=\"_self\">Nottingham Forest<\/a> in this transfer window. Steve Cooper\u2019s side have gone about splashing the cash and it appears their spending is far from over. Next on the list is <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/11\/leicester-city-midfielder-hamza-choudhury-watford\/\" target=\"_self\">Watford<\/a> striker Emmanuel Dennis. The Nigeria international impressed last season in the Premier League and according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamLeventhal\/status\/1557651991949676544\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Leventhal<\/a> of The Athletic, Forest have made an opening bid.<\/p>\n<h2>Nottingham Forest Submit Bid for Watford Striker<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 Breaking: @TheAthleticUK understands <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NFFC<\/a> have now made opening offer for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WatfordFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WatfordFC<\/a>\u2019s Emmanuel Dennis. Reported last month re interest, understand that is now developing. <\/p>\n<p>More here.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pcuHmicdcF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/pcuHmicdcF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Leventhal (@AdamLeventhal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamLeventhal\/status\/1557651991949676544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Nottingham Forest Aren\u2019t Holding Back This Summer<\/h3>\n<p>The Reds certainly aren\u2019t resting on their laurels when it comes to the transfer window. All over the field, there have been new additions, with Watford striker Emmanuel Dennis looking like he could be the next man up. Dean Henderson is the new man in between the sticks having been loaned in from Manchester United. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/07\/ligue-1-transfers-summer-window\/\" target=\"_self\">Brice Samba<\/a> joined Lens in France whilst several key players from last season&#8217;s promotion campaign were loanees, including James Garner, Djed Spence and Keinan Davis.<\/p>\n<p>In Forest\u2019s season opener, they struggled at St James\u2019 Park. Fabian Schar and Callum Wilson netted a pair of impressive goals whilst the visitors were unable to put a single shot on target. This comes after having invested heavily in the squad. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/25\/taiwo-awoniyi-nottingham-forest-club-record\/\" target=\"_self\">Taiwo Awoniyi<\/a> was the big money arrival in the attacking third but he only came off the bench in this one as Sam Surridge partnered <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/30\/nottingham-forest-star-here-to-stay\/\" target=\"_self\">Brennan Johnson<\/a> up top.<\/p>\n<p>This is where the 24-year-old Watford striker enters the fold. Beyond his fellow countryman Awoniyi, the position is rather weak. Surridge and Lyle Taylor are perfectly fine players in the Championship but this step-up may be too much. Dennis on the other hand proved that he can compete in the Premier League following 10 goals in 33 appearances in the League for the Hornets last season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/05\/nottingham-forest-morgan-gibbs-white-wolves\/\" target=\"_self\">Nottingham Forest Have Another Bid Rejected for Wolverhampton Wanderers Midfielder<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Dennis Isn\u2019t the Only Watford Striker in the Shop Window<\/h3>\n<p>After two games, Rob Edward\u2019s men have scored two goals with a win and a draw to their name. Joao Pedro headed beyond Wes Foderingham to make the difference against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/26\/sheffield-united-loan-brighton-reda-khadra\/\" target=\"_self\">Sheffield United<\/a>, while <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/09\/watford-forward-ismaila-sarr-future\/\" target=\"_self\">Ismaila Sarr<\/a>\u2019s superb strike from within his own half earned a point against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/24\/hannibal-mejbri-manchester-united-championship-loan\/\" target=\"_self\">West Bromwich Albion<\/a> despite the Baggies being hugely dominant. Dennis remains the only one of Watford&#8217;s attacking trio yet to find the back of the net.<\/p>\n<p>Sarr is attracting a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HLTCO\/status\/1557401649701953540\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interest<\/a>, particularly from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/premier-league\/leeds-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Leeds United<\/a>. Pedro will surely be the Watford striker to stay if the other two head towards the exit door. The question remains how strong Forest\u2019s interest is in Dennis, their original bid being around \u00a320 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nottingham Forest have made a \u00a320m bid for Watford\u2019s Emmanuel Dennis.<\/p>\n<p>[Adam Leventhal] <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9tD4aQBmD1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/9tD4aQBmD1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Transferchanger (@TransferChanger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TransferChanger\/status\/1557655565244956674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Few teams have been as busy as Nottingham Forest in this transfer window. Steve Cooper\u2019s side have gone about splashing the cash and it appears their spending is far from over. Next on the list is Watford striker Emmanuel Dennis. The Nigeria international impressed last season in the Premier League and according to Adam Leventhal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3891,"featured_media":616135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,4475,3,7188],"tags":[6604],"class_list":["post-616120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-watford","category-nottingham-forest","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-emmanuel-dennis"],"modified_by":"Alex Morley, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3891"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}