Nottingham Forest fans will be relieved to hear that their goalscoring sensation Chris Wood has penned a new deal at the City ground. The 33-year-old striker has already netted 14 times this season,

Chris Wood is just one goal short of his lifetime-best Premier League season total of 14, which he has reached twice – last season and five years previously – and it very much looks that this time he will deliver a best-ever in what has been a glorious late-career surge at Nottingham Forest.

Mossy: Ideal time to get a young player in, like Liam Delap, to learn and play alongside Wood. Would have liked Wood to give up his New Zealand career, so he can be fully focused on Nottingham Forest and to stay fit.

EVEN by the standards of a normal quiet January, this month, so far, has been about the things that haven’t happened. Over the last five January windows, Prem sides have splashed out £785m.

Chris Wood has signed a new contract with Nottingham Forest, extending his stay at the City Ground until 2027. New Zealand international Wood is the second Forest player to commit their future to the club this week, following Brazil defender Murillo, who agreed a deal earlier this week until 2029.

Chris Wood is set to sign a new two-year contract with Nottingham Forest, sources have told ESPN. Wood, 33, has been one of the most prolific strikers in the Premier League this season with 14 goals in 22 league games and his form has helped propel Forest up the table.

Dean Huijsen and Illia Zabarnyi were hugely impressive last weekend in seeing off the threat of in-form striker Alexander Isak.

Chris Wood has signed a new contract with Nottingham Forest, keeping him at the club until the English summer of 2027. The 33-year-old says he is “very excited” for the years ahead. “I saw the ambition when I first arrived.

It was another clean sheet for Bournemouth, and, since Illia Zabarnyi and Dean Huijsen began this run of games together 11 matches ago, they have conceded the fewest goals in the league. And the pair are still very young and at the start of their careers – Zabarnyi is 22 and Huijsen is 19.

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