Wow. A painful example of why clubs try to steer clear of double deals.
(concerning a player Saints allegedly held interest in)
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Nottingham Forest's double deal for Lewis O'Brien and Harry Toffolo has collapsed at the last-minute, with one of the players at the City Ground waiting to be officially confirmed.
Forest had verbally agreed a structured package in the region of £10 million for the Huddersfield Town pair at the weekend and O'Brien arrived in Nottingham to take his medical and fulfil all the media obligations that go with a new signing.
However, the Toffolo deal has broken down because of an issue over personal terms for the left-wing back. Toffolo has the same adviser as Neco Williams, Forest's recent signing from Liverpool, and have been unable to meet the player's requirements.
That has had a spin-off effect on the O'Brien transfer because it was arranged as a double deal with Huddersfield. As it stands, both deals are off and O'Brien has effectively been stranded in Nottingham, having expected to be announced later today.
https://theathletic.com/news/nottingham-forest-obrien-toffolo-transfer/jUuShPP1ZVtY/