Super Eagles’ Emmanuel Dennis Left Out Of Nottingham Forest EPL Squad

Super Eagles of Nigeria forward, Emmanuel Dennis has been left out of Nottingham Forest’s 25-man squad for the 2024-2025 Premier League season.

Emmanuel Dennis had a loan spell at Istanbul Basaksehir in Turkey for the first half of last season before returning to Watford for the remainder of the campaign.

Despite scoring four goals in 17 league appearances for Watford, the 26-year-old was not able to secure a permanent contract with the club.

Recall that Dennis joined Nottingham Forest from Watford in 2022 and scored two goals in 19 league appearances. He currently has two years left on his contract with the Premier League side but he is seen as surplus to requirement due to his drop in form.

Meanwhile, Emmanuel Dennis’ fellow Nigerians Ola Aina and Taiwo Awoniyi have been registered by Forest for the new Premier League campaign.

Below is Nortingham Forest 2024-2025 Premier League 25-man squad list and shirt numbers:

4 Morato; 5 Murillo; 6 Ibrahim Sangare; 7 Neco Williams; 8 Elliot Anderson; 9 Taiwo Awoniyi; 10 Morgan Gibbs-White; 11 Chris Wood; 12 Andrew Omobamidele; 14 Callum Hudson-Odoi; 15 Harry Toffolo; 16 Nicolas Dominguez; 18 James Ward-Prowse; 19 Alex Moreno; 20 Jota Silva; 21 Anthony Elanga; 22 Ryan Yates; 24 Ramon Sosa; 26 Matz Sels; 28 Danilo; 30 Willy Boly; 31 Nikola Milenkovic; 33 Carlos Miguel; 34 Ola Aina.

Under-21s: 17 Eric da Silva Moreira; 44 Zach Abbott.

Note that the under-21 players are not classified as part of the 25-man squad but they can be used in games when necessary.