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Alan Hardy wants closer links between Notts County and Nottingham Forest


Joe Jones

Notts County owner Alan Hardy has expressed his desire to forge closer links with Nottingham Forest and praised the attitude of their young players.

Jorge Grant, who Forest are looking to sign up on a three-year deal, had a successful loan spell at Meadow Lane, and Hardy believes all their academy prospects are being brought up the right way.

In his weekly Nottingham Post column, he wrote: "We want to continue to strengthen links with our neighbours.

"I do know that our manager, Kevin Nolan, has a good relationship with Frank McParland, their director of football.

"Forest do have an abundance of excellent young players who are on our doorstep and it would be remiss of us not to explore those avenues.

"There's something I greatly admire about the character of those Forest boys. They are really nice people to have around your football club and in the changing room.

"They have a great work ethic, they are the last off the training pitch, they always have a smile on their face and it's just the type of people that Kevin and I like as players.

"Whatever Forest do over there, they are certainly teaching them the right way."

To read the rest of Alan Hardy's weekly Nottingham Post column, click here.

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samwatto2008

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I agree with everything said here. If there is any club Forest should be helping it out it is us. Promoting their young talent in the lower leagues could spark a transfer for them in the future so it's a win, win situation for both clubs. We get the goals and the memories (hopefully) and they get the money at the end of the loan/transfer spell. Would be happy to see any young talent from Forest at Meadow Lane.

Chris

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We should forge closer connections with any local club not just Forest but also Derby, Peterborough, Birmingham, Aston Villa etc. Yet I have nothing against working more closely with them across the river, at the end of the day we can provide them with a local way of sending out their youngsters in order to see how good they really are.

Why send a player miles away and then be forced to send a scout or someone to watch them? We have this in our favour, so if they sign Jorge Grant on a 3-year-deal - at least they know we can loo after him.



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