{"id":657760,"date":"2025-08-05T13:40:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T17:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=657760"},"modified":"2025-08-05T13:46:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T17:46:45","slug":"nottingham-forest-identify-mads-bidstrup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/08\/05\/nottingham-forest-identify-mads-bidstrup\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Top of Their Shortlist\u2019: Nottingham Forest Identify Player With \u2018Exceptional Passing Ability\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nottingham Forest enjoyed a memorable 2024\/25 season, narrowly missing out on Champions League qualification but securing a place in the Europa League. <\/span>It’s been a challenging summer following the departure of Anthony Elanga<\/span>, but <\/span>they<\/span> have<\/span> made new additions, and according to <\/span>Florian Plettenberg<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>the club<\/span> have<\/span> placed Mads Bidstrup <\/span>to<\/span> the “top of their shortlist.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Nottingham Forest Eye Mads Bidstrup After Impressive Season<\/h2>\n

Forest Secure Europa League After Memorable 2024\/25 Campaign<\/h3>\n

Despite the departure of Elanga, Forest have strengthened their squad ahead of their European journey. “The Tricky Trees” have brought in Dan Ndoye, Igor Jesus and Jair Cunha so far this summer. Meanwhile, Elanga, Harry Toffolo, Matt Turner and Danilo have all moved on.<\/p>\n

Morgan Gibbs-White<\/span><\/a> has been a vital player for Nottingham Forest. While he looked set for a move to Spurs, he performed a major u-turn, by signing a new three-year contract at the City Ground, giving Forest a significant boost.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reflecting on his new deal, White said: “I’ve felt at home at Forest from the moment I arrived. The support from the fans, my teammates and everyone around the club has been unbelievable.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“I believe in what we are building <\/span>here –<\/span> and with the backing of Mr Marinakis and the enormous ambition he has, I want to be part of making something special.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I am excited for what’s to come.”<\/span><\/p>\n

It appears Nuno Esp\u00edrito Santo is keen to add more depth, and Bidstrup fits the profile. The 24-year-old midfielder is currently under contract with his Bundesliga club until 2028 and is reportedly top of Forest’s shortlist.<\/p>\n

Qualities of Mads Bidstrup<\/h3>\n

Bidstrup has all the qualities to thrive in the Premier League. He’s an exceptional passer, a relentless worker in midfield, and unafraid of the physical demands of the game.<\/p>\n

Whether playing long or short, Bidstrup consistently finds a teammate. He has previously been described as a player “with an exceptional passing ability<\/a>.” When drifting out wide, his crossing ability is a real asset, something strikers like Chris Wood and Igor Jesus will appreciate.<\/p>\n

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Forest will be eager to at least match last season’s performance, and a signing like Bidstrup ensures they won’t be short on energy or ambition. Anyone who has watched him knows there’s real quality to match his tireless approach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nottingham Forest enjoyed a memorable 2024\/25 season, narrowly missing out on Champions League qualification but securing a place in the Europa League. It’s been a challenging summer following the departure of Anthony Elanga, but they have made new additions, and according to Florian Plettenberg, the club have placed Mads Bidstrup to the “top of their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":633008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[4,4475,3,7188],"tags":[32516,8664],"class_list":["post-657760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bundesliga","category-nottingham-forest","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-mads-bidstrup","tag-nottingham-forest-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657760","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\/4106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657760"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":657765,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657760\/revisions\/657765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}