Categories: Sports

Forest Sign Newcastle Striker Wood On Loan

 

Nottingham Forest signed New Zealand striker Chris Wood on loan from Newcastle on Friday as the club maintained their recruitment drive, in place since their promotion to the Premier League last season.

Wood will spend the rest of the campaign with Forest and the move can become a permanent deal running until the end of the 2023/24 season if certain unspecified conditions are met.

READ ALSO: Man United’s Ten Hag Aiming To End Arsenal’s ‘Great Run’

The 31-year-old leaves Newcastle just a year after joining them from Burnley for £25 million ($30 million).

Wood played a role in Newcastle’s successful bid to avoid relegation last season, but has slipped behind Callum Wilson and Alexander Isak in the pecking order at St James’ Park.

He played 18 league games for Eddie Howe’s side this term, scoring twice, but only made four starts.

Wood is likely to get more regular action at Forest following a long-term injury to Nigerian striker Taiwo Awoniyi.

“Nottingham Forest is a massive club which I have come up against a number of times, but it’s nice now to be able to pull on the red shirt and fight for the club,” Wood said.

“You can see the transition over the past 18 months and it’s progressing in the right way. It’s a project that’s going in the right direction.”

Forest, who travel to Bournemouth on Saturday, are 13th in the Premier League and five points above the relegation zone.

Wood’s signing comes after Forest boss Steve Cooper brought in midfielders Danilo and Gustavo Scarpa during the January window.

Ignatius Igwe

An energetic journalist with an amazing sense of responsibility.

Disqus Comments Loading...
Share
Published by
Ignatius Igwe
Tags: Chris Wood Nottingham Forest Premier League

Recent Posts

  • Headlines

I’ll Use Obi’s Anambra Governance Model To Cut Costs – Abia Gov-Elect Otti

"My presidential candidate did very well in Anambra State because he reined in the cost of governance," Otti said.

2 hours ago
  • World News

Zelensky Pleads For Jets, Missiles, After Visit To Frontline

On the train home from the war-ravaged areas, Zelensky gave an emotional account of what he had seen as he…

2 hours ago
  • Headlines

Why I Petitioned DSS Against Obi, Baba-Ahmed – Keyamo

In the wake of Tinubu's win, members of his camp urged the aggrieved parties to approach the courts. However, the…

3 hours ago
  • Sports

UEFA Launch Probe Into Barcelona Refereeing Scandal

Barcelona have already been charged with corruption by Spanish prosecutors for payments between 2001 and 2018 to a company owned…

3 hours ago
  • Info Tech
  • World News

TikTok Banned In UK Parliament

The app "will be blocked from all parliamentary devices and the wider parliamentary network", the House of Commons and House…

3 hours ago
  • World News

Trump Gave ‘False Expectation’ Of Arrest – Prosecutor

The Republicans -- who are all chairmen of House committees -- accused Bragg, a Democrat, of waging a "politically motivated…

3 hours ago