Latest Nottingham Forest news as ex-Reds loanee Djed Spence reflects on City Ground spell and Spurs transfer
Promotion hero Djed Spence says his Nottingham Forest spell was “one of the best moments” of his career.
The right-back was a key player as the Reds sealed their place back in the Premier League almost two years ago. On loan from Middlesbrough at the time, he shone in the Garibaldi as he racked up 46 appearances and scored three goals for the club.
Plenty of Forest fans would love to have seen him sign on a permanent basis that summer, but a big-money move to Tottenham Hotspur followed. It hasn’t quite worked out for Spence since then, however.
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He is yet to properly break through at Spurs and is currently on his third loan spell since his move to the capital, having joined Genoa in January. But the 23-year-old still has great memories of his time at the City Ground.
“It was me at my best, it was me enjoying football and loving the game,” he told The Athletic. “It was one of the best moments of my career, it was a really good time.”
It helped that in Steve Cooper, who was head coach at the time, Spence had a manager who was able to get the best out of him. The defender was not surprised to see Cooper axed in December, though, amid a poor run of form for Forest.
