The Nottingham Evening Post, part of the same newspaper group as the Birmingham Evening Mail, is reporting that Forest have made a “substantial” bid for Walsall striker Matt Fryatt.

Walsall fans have been expecting bids to start arriving for the teenage scoring sensation and star of the England under 19s all summer, but the first move coming from second division rivals Forest has come as a bit of a shock.

Hoewever, with the transfer deadine approaching rapidly, this, if true, may signal a bidding war by the other clubs rumoured (Wolves, Everton, Wigan), or known (Sunderland, Villa, West Ham) to be interested in Walsall’s best prospect for many years.