Nottingham Forest appear to be far from alone in their pursuit of Stuttgart’s 27-year-old striker Serhou Guirassy.
According to 90 minutes, Forest are still interested in signing the Guinea international, as are Brentford and West Ham.Guirassy has already scored 13 league goals this season, including two hat-tricks against Mainz and Wolfsburg, propelling Stuttgart to second place in the Bundesliga after seven games.
The 27-year-old only joined Stuttgart on a permanent basis this summer after an impressive loan spell last campaign, but his new deal sees him have a €20 million release clause – an absolute bargain.
Forest have three solid forward options, with Taiwo Awoniyi, Chris Wood after his loan deal was made permanent this summer, and Divock Origi also joining the club on loan during the summer transfer window.
Despite this, Guirassy would be a brilliant signing who clearly possesses an excellent goalscoring ability as demonstrated so far this season.
Last season proved a very successful one for the uncompromising striker. He bagged 14 goals despite a season of struggle for Stuttgart which saw them keep their Bundesliga place through the relegation play-offs.
However, this season he’s taken his performances to the next level, with the 27-year-old just one goal off his tally from last campaign after just seven outings.
Guirassy is open to a move to the Premier League.
In an interview with Bild at the end of September, the in-form striker refused to rule out a move to England’s top division in the future.
“We [Stuttgart] have a great team, a great coach, and fantastic fans.” In Stuttgart, we feel really at ease as a family. That is why I chose to remain at VfB.
“This isn’t quite a dream. But, if the opportunity to play in the Premier League exists, why not take it? But I don’t dream about it every day.”
