Profit / Loss on Transfers

Forest have made a profit on the sale of just one player since Doughty and Arthur joined the club (excluding Academy players). The sole exception is keeper Darren Ward who was sold to Norwich for an estimated £300,000 in 2004 after being picked up on a free from Notts County in 2001.

Figures displayed are losses per player
Riccy Scimeca £3 million
David Johnson £3 million (Johnson retired on medical advice early in the 2006-07 season)
Jim Brennan £1.5 million
Stern John £1.35 million
Salvatore Matrecano £1.2 million
Gianluca Petrachi £1.2 million
Gareth Taylor £0.5 million
Marlon King £0.4 million
Jack Lester – twice £0.3 million and £0.05 million
Tony Vaughan £0.35 million
Adam Nowland £0.25 million
David Friio £0.1 million
Total Loss £13.2 million

A number of players who signed for Forest prior to Doughty’s arrival in May 1999 also subsequently left the club for a significant financial loss. Again Forest failed to make a transfer profit from a single player (excluding youth team graduates).

Figures displayed are losses per player
Chris Bart-Williams £2.5 million
Andy Johnson £2 million
Nigel Quashie £1.9 million
Alan Rogers £1.7 million
Pierre van Hooijdonk £1 million
Neil Shipperly £0.8 million
Marco Pascolo £0.75 million
Carlton Palmer £0.6 million
Jon Olav Hjelde £0.6 million
Des Lyttle £0.375 million
Jesper Mattsson £0.3 millon
Christian Edwards £0.275 million
Dougie Freedman £0.25 million
Andy Gray £0.2 million
Ian Woan £0.1 million
Total Loss £13.4 million

Out of Contract Players

Similarly, several key players and expensive signings have been allowed to leave Forest on a free after the club failed/refused to renegotiate their contract.

Mark Crossley June 2000
Dave Beasant June 2001
Andy Gray June 2002
Riccy Scimeca June 2003
Jim Brennan June 2003
Jack Lester June 2003 and June 2007
Jon Olav Hjelde June 2003
Gareth Williams June 2004 (Forest later received a £500,000 tribunal fee)
Gareth Taylor June 2005
Paul Gerrard June 2006
Chris Doig June 2006
Eugen Bopp June 2006