Nottingham Forest were linked with a move to sign Leicester midfielder Wilfred Ndidi this summer. The player is now wanted by Barcelona as they look to strengthen their ranks in January.
According to Sport, the Catalan giants are monitoring the progress of the Nigerian. He’s started the Championship campaign well with Leicester as they sit top of the pile
The 26-year-old has scored three goals in 10 appearances during 2023/24. He’s been a pretty important figure in the team and his form for the Foxes hasn’t gone unnoticed.
Ndidi was linked with Forest throughout the summer. However, the Reds managed to sign number one midfield target Ibrahim Sangare on transfer deadline day and Ndidi wasn’t signed.
Barcelona want Forest-linked Ndidi
This would be quite the move. Not many defensive midfielders get the chance to swap the Championship for one of the giants of world football and move to Barcelona.
That could be the prospect facing Ndidi, however, with Barcelona now keeping tabs on him. The player is out of contract next summer and he could walk away from the Foxes for nothing.
Ndidi has been with Leicester since 2017 when he joined the club from Genk in Belgium. He’s won the FA Cup and Community Shield with the Foxes, making 247 appearances in total.
Should Forest have signed the midfielder?
In a sense, not really. Once Sangare became a possibility, the chances of Ndidi making the switch to Leicester’s rivals across the East Midlands became pretty slim.
Sangare cost the club in the region of £30 million and he was the club’s primary target all summer. As a result, it appears as though Ndidi was merely considered a fallback option.
The man with 53 caps for his country is a quality player though. Brendan Rodgers was a huge fan and called him ‘incredible’ when he was in charge of Leicester
