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title: "Nottingham Forest: Reds submit bid for Japhet Tanganga"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/nottingham-forest-japhet-tanganga-tottenham-hotspur-spurs-latest-transfer-news-rumours-updates/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Chloe Chadwick"
section: "Nottingham Forest News"
published: "2022-08-25T07:10:04Z"
modified: "2022-08-25T07:10:04Z"
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# Nottingham Forest: Reds submit bid for Japhet Tanganga

**[Nottingham Forest](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/nottingham-forest-news/) have made an official bid to sign Tottenham Hotspur defender Japhet Tanganga, according to an Italian outlet.**

### The Lowdown: Forest register interest

The 23-year-old has been given the [green light](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11137807/Nottingham-Forest-interested-signing-17m-Tottenham-defender-Japhet-Tanganga.html) to leave the [Premier League](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/) giants this window after falling down the pecking order under Antonio Conte.

[The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/3530761/2022/08/23/nottingham-forest-tottenham-tanganga/) credited the Reds with an interest earlier this week, despite AC Milan being long-term admirers, and it appears that Steve Cooper is wasting no time in trying to entice his target to the City Ground.

### The Latest: Forest submit Tanganga bid

Italian outlet Calciomercato (via [Sport Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/nottingham-forest-made-offer-worth-e25m-player-serious-close-agreement/)) claim that Forest have ‘made an offer worth €25m’ (£21m) for Tanganga.

It’s stated that whilst that is the valuation that Tottenham were holding out for, the centre-back ‘wants Milan’ and has ‘reiterated’ his desires to his agents, making a move to the Serie A his ‘priority’.

Despite this, it’s reported that the Midlands outfit are ‘serious and close to reaching an agreement’ with Spurs.

### The Verdict: Don’t do it…

After losing Moussa Niakhate to [injury](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/nottingham-forest-news/nottingham-forest-premier-league-moussa-niakhate-injury-news-updates/) for at least the next few months, it’s understandable that Cooper is on the lookout for a central defensive replacement, but a deal for Tanganga isn’t one that the boss should be pursuing.

The Hackney-born talent, [dubbed](https://twitter.com/buntingfootball/status/1217224521956175873?s=21&t=t8pI_l6BOFeRTCMF1YWolQ) ‘solid as a rock’ by sports journalist [Josh Bunting](https://twitter.com/Buntingfootball), clearly favours a switch to Milan over the Reds, and ideally any new signing should be committed to joining instead of accepting a second-choice move.

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Tanganga is also likely to be on a decent pay packet at Spurs, and it wouldn’t be worth Forest breaking the bank for a player whose heart wouldn’t be fully in it.