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Nottingham Forest have made an offer for Brentford’s Ioanni Visa.

Brentford are expected to reject the bid out of hand and are not keen on selling. It is understood the offer is below £22m, well below their valuation of the striker.

Visa is one of Forest’s top targets and they were interested in him last summer.

Nuno Espirito Santo is looking to add attacking reinforcements as his side sit third in the table, six points behind leaders Liverpool, who have won their last eight Premier League games. Seven games.

West Ham have previously been linked with a move for Forest forward Taiwo Awoniyi, but he will not be allowed to leave the City Ground unless a replacement is found.

Visa’s current contract runs until 2026, with an option to extend for another year.

The 28-year-old joined Brentford from French Ligue 1 team Lorient in August 2021. He made 133 appearances for the west London club, scoring 41 goals and providing 9 assists.

The DR Congo striker has scored 11 goals in 19 Premier League games so far this season, trailing only Erling Haaland, Cole Palmer, Mohamed Salah and Alexander Isak , Chris Wood and Brentford team-mate Brian Mbemo have more top-flight goals in 2024/25. .

Visa has scored 37 top-flight goals for the club, most recently surpassing Ivan Toney with his goal in a 2-2 draw with Manchester City.

Bees head coach Thomas Frank said after the game: “If I was a little behind him, he probably should have scored two goals. But he was very good to us and the way he took over from Ivan – not just him but Brian Mbomo as well.

“The partnership between the two of them is very unique. We are just Brentford. I’m very proud.”

Murillo agrees terms of New Forest deal

at the same time, Murillo The terms of a new Forest contract have been verbally agreed.

Sky Sports News reported last week that the deal was close to completion, with the two sides understood to have shaken hands on an improved contract – although the documents have yet to be drafted and signed.

Signing Murillo to a new long-term commitment is a priority for head coach Nuno Espirito Santo and club owner Evangelos Marinakis in January, although he still has three years left on his existing contract half the time. The Brazilian defender is regarded as one of Forest’s crown jewels.

Discussions over the contract situations with Ola Aina and Chris Wood continue, with all parties expressing optimism that an agreement can be reached.