Remembering Bendtner’s Reds spell
At a crucial stage of the season, Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper could find himself in the enviable position of having three impressive forward options to choose from.
With Lewis Grabban returning from injury against Blackpool on Saturday, he joins Keinan Davis and Sam Surridge in battling for a place in the team. That’s a pretty good trio for the manager to pick from.
Grabban has been at the City Ground since 2018. But Davis and Surridge both signed in the last January transfer window – the latter brought in after it became clear Grabban was set for an extended spell on the sidelines.
Davis and Surridge are both testament to the impact good work in the transfer market can have. Not that the Reds have always fared quite so well on that front. The list of signings to have flopped at the City Ground is a long one.
There have been those who arrived with decent pedigrees and bags of experience, unproven youngsters billed as hidden gems, loanees from top clubs. However, glistening CVs or promises of potential do not always translate on the pitch.
In recent times, of all those new arrivals to have rocked up with such fanfare and bombed quite so spectacularly, Nicklas Bendtner’s name sticks out like a sore thumb. If only he’d managed to stand out on the pitch. Or, come to think of it, he did – but for the wrong reasons.