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  1. Palace hearing set for 8 Augustpublished at 17:16 30 July

    A man is seen in silhouette in the offices of the Court of Arbitration of SportImage source, Getty Images

    The Court of Arbitration for Sport [CAS] has confirmed that an in-person hearing for the case Crystal Palace v. UEFA, Nottingham Forest Football Club & Olympique Lyonnais is scheduled for Friday, 8 August 2025.

    The hearing will be held behind closed doors at CAS headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.

    No decision will be issued on 8 August.

    It is expected that an operative decision [without grounds] will be given on Monday, 11 August.

    Palace submitted an appeal against their demotion from the Europa League to the Conference League with CAS on 22 July.

    The appeal is against Uefa, which issued the punishment, French club Lyon and Premier League rivals Nottingham Forest.

    The Eagles were punished for breaching multi-club ownership rules as American businessman John Textor owns a stake in the club and is the majority owner of Lyon, who have also qualified for the Europa League.

    Forest, who finished seventh in the Premier League last season, are expected to replace FA Cup winners Palace in the Europa League should the punishment stand.

  2. Forest 'not here to be picked off by other clubs'published at 10:27 29 July

    Pat Riddell
    Fan writer

    Nottingham Forest fan's voice
    Morgan Gibbs-White with Evangelos MarinakisImage source, Getty Images

    At one point, it felt almost inevitable that Morgan Gibbs-White was going to become a Tottenham Hotspur player.

    The confidential £60m release clause had been met and surely any protests were just going to delay the unveiling.

    Nottingham Forest, however, are a different beast these days.

    While the club might have sanctioned the £55m sale of Anthony Elanga to Newcastle United, Evangelos Marinakis was clearly in no mood to weaken the squad any further.

    To his credit, the player made no noise. He attended training and the pre-season camp in Portugal, despite some personal issues, and now signing a new contract suddenly clears the way for the rest of Forest's transfer window plans.

    Replacing Elanga is one thing. Replacing the heartbeat of Nuno Espirito Santo's side is another thing entirely.

    Links with the likes of James McAtee and Harvey Elliott showed that there could be a future - it is just that the upheaval in one summer could be far too disruptive to the club's first European campaign in 30 years.

    As it is, a three-year contract for Gibbs-White still potentially paves the way for a departure next summer, after the World Cup, but at a price more fitting to his stature - and with a succession plan in mind.

    For now, it is very much a statement of intent. Forest are not here to be picked off by other clubs - especially ones that finished 10 places below us in the league - and we continue to look up, not down.

    The uncertainty over the past few weeks has undoubtedly stalled the signing of new players, but with moves for Dan Ndoye, Adama Traore and possibly Jacob Ramsey, strengthening rather than weakening is definitely the name of the game.

    With new contracts for several existing players agreed, those not likely to feature being moved on and money still to spend, Marinakis, Nuno and the fans are now hopefully on the same page for next season.

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  3. Gossip: Forest consider Traore movepublished at 07:58 29 July

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    Nottingham Forest are eyeing a move for Fulham and Spain winger Adama Traore, 29, who previously worked with manager Nuno Espirito Santo at Wolves. (Telegraph - subscription required, external)

    Forest are also on the verge of signing Switzerland international Dan Ndoye, 24, on a long-term contract for a club-record fee after he informed Bologna of his desire to play in the Premier League. (Telegraph – subscription required, external)

    If Forest beat Napoli to Ndoye's signature, the Italian club could step up their interest in Manchester City's Jack Grealish or Manchester United's 21-year-old Argentina forward Alejandro Garnacho. (Sun, external)

    Finally, Forest, Everton and West Ham are battling it out for Brazil midfielder Douglas Luiz, 27, who wants to leave Juventus this summer. (Gazzetta dello Sport - in Italian, external)

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