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Marc Casadó to Nottingham Forest

Quiet since 24 August 2026. Last report: Graeme Bailey. Probability when it went quiet: 3%.

Marc Casadó looks set to leave Barcelona, with the club willing to sell the 22-year-old midfielder this summer. Nottingham Forest are named among the Premier League clubs circling, but this is early interest rather than anything advanced. There is no reported bid, no agreed fee, and no sign of talks moving beyond initial contact. The story comes from Graeme Bailey, whose reporting carries decent credibility, but it has run twice with near-identical wording on consecutive days, which suggests a single source repeated rather than fresh corroboration. No rival reporter has added independent detail on Forest specifically, so the sourcing is thin even if the reporter himself is reliable. Forest's chances here look slim. Barcelona are open to a sale in the €16m to €22m range against an estimated value of about €18m, so the money is plausible enough. But Forest are just one name on a longer list of interested clubs, and other destinations are being talked about far more heavily elsewhere, which points to Forest being a peripheral option rather than a front-runner. Nothing suggests Forest have moved to a concrete offer. Barcelona have sold academy products before at similar numbers: Everton paid €20m for a Barcelona player in 2018, and Sporting paid €18m in 2023. A fee for Casadó in the €16m to €22m window would sit comfortably alongside those deals, so the number itself is not the obstacle. Watch for any sign of a formal Forest bid, direct talks with Barcelona, or a rival club pulling clearly ahead, since right now this is interest without commitment.

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