Nottingham Forest have confirmed the loan signing of towering Italian striker Lorenzo Lucca from Napoli, with the option to make the deal permanent for £30 million at the end of the season.
The 6’7 ” forward struggled for game time under Antonio Conte, making just four league starts behind Rasmus Hojlund at Napoli. Lucca now arrives at the City Ground eager to reignite his career and help Forest climb the Premier League table.
“𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒛𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒔,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕’𝒔 𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍, 𝑬𝒅𝒖 𝑮𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓. “𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓.”
Forest Hope Lucca Sparks Survival and European Push
Forest manager Sean Dyche moved decisively for Lucca this month, seeking a striking option to cover for Chris Wood’s injury and Taiwo Awoniyi being out of favour. While Wolves’ Jorgen Strand Larsen was also linked, the club prioritized Lucca for his unique physical presence and proven international experience.
Lucca, who has five caps for Italy, will wear the No.20 shirt, previously vacated by Jota Silva’s summer exit to Benfica. The forward now aims to rediscover the form he showed at Udinese, where he scored 14 goals in the 2022/23 season, to help Forest stay clear of relegation and compete in Europe.
“𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒃 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒛𝒐, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏,” 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝑮𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓.
Forest currently sit 17th in the Premier League, five points above the relegation zone, and are preparing for a crucial trip to Brentford. They also remain in contention in Europe, with an upcoming Europa League knockout play-off scheduled next month.
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