Speaker 1: Nottingham Forest have successfully revived negotiations with Sporting CP for
Speaker 1: Ivorian international central defender Alsmain Diomand, with a full agreement
Speaker 1: between the two clubs now close. Following a brief collapse
Speaker 1: in talks over the payment structure and installment schedule, the
Speaker 1: Premier League side submitted a restructured proposal to bridge the gap.
Speaker 1: The total package is valued at forty million euros thirty
Speaker 1: four point two million pounds in fixed transfer fees, supplemented
Speaker 1: by performance based add ons that could push the final
Speaker 1: figure up to forty five million euros, alongside a ten
Speaker 1: percent sell on clause retained by the Portuguese club. The
Speaker 1: breakthrough comes as a massive boost for Forest manager Oliver Glassner,
Speaker 1: who made the twenty two year old defender his top
Speaker 1: priority to anchor the right side of his defensive back
Speaker 1: three alongside Nicola Milankovic and Mario. Talks had temporarily hit
Speaker 1: a stalemate when SIS Sporting demanded a higher guaranteed percentage
Speaker 1: of the fee upfront rather than deferred installments spread across
Speaker 1: future seasons. However, with Diomand pushing for the move to
Speaker 1: England and left out of Sporting's competitive squad, rotation Forrest
Speaker 1: reopened direct lines of communication to finalize the remaining financial terms.
Speaker 1: Dioman's arrival will represent a significant coup for Nottingham Forest,
Speaker 1: beating out competition from rival European clubs who monitored the
Speaker 1: brief breakdown in negotiations. Since joining Sporting from FC Midgilland,
Speaker 1: the fifteen cap Ivory Coast International has made over one
Speaker 1: hundred thirty appearances, lifting two Primari Lega titles and establishing
Speaker 1: himself as one of Europe's top young central defenders. With
Speaker 1: personal terms already settled in principle, Diomand is expected to
Speaker 1: travel to England in the coming days to complete formal
Speaker 1: medical assessments and final life his long term contract at
Speaker 1: the City Ground.