Nottingham Forest boss Steve McClaren is hoping to have positive transfer news to report by the end of the week and the Reds manager has been left frustrated in his efforts so far this summer and with free agent Andy Reid the only new arrival in the City Ground.
With a number of players having headed for the exits, Forest find themselves short on the numbers with the 2011/12 campaign fast approaching and the situation has become alarming enough for McClaren to suggest that he may be forced to miss the club's impending trip to a Portugal as he continues to search for fresh faces.
He is hoping to avoid such an occurrence, with it his intention to be involved in a full pre-season programme, and he believes he could welcome further recruits by Friday and We hope that something will happen in the next two or three days and it is imperative I stay here and hopefully meet players," McClaren told the club's official website.
England After Eriksson announced in January 2006 that he would leave as England manager after the 2006 World Cup finals McClaren also know as (the wally with the brolley) was placed on the Football Association's shortlist to succeed him alongside Sam Allardyce, Alan Curbishley, Martin O'Neill and Luiz Felipe Scolari and the FA first offered the position to Scolari, but he rejected the offer claiming that the role would mean excessive media intrusion in his life and he was subsequently announced as Eriksson's successor on 4 May 2006 after signing a 4 year contract.
With a number of players having headed for the exits, Forest find themselves short on the numbers with the 2011/12 campaign fast approaching and the situation has become alarming enough for McClaren to suggest that he may be forced to miss the club's impending trip to a Portugal as he continues to search for fresh faces.
He is hoping to avoid such an occurrence, with it his intention to be involved in a full pre-season programme, and he believes he could welcome further recruits by Friday and We hope that something will happen in the next two or three days and it is imperative I stay here and hopefully meet players," McClaren told the club's official website.
England After Eriksson announced in January 2006 that he would leave as England manager after the 2006 World Cup finals McClaren also know as (the wally with the brolley) was placed on the Football Association's shortlist to succeed him alongside Sam Allardyce, Alan Curbishley, Martin O'Neill and Luiz Felipe Scolari and the FA first offered the position to Scolari, but he rejected the offer claiming that the role would mean excessive media intrusion in his life and he was subsequently announced as Eriksson's successor on 4 May 2006 after signing a 4 year contract.
