Archive August 18, 2025

Arnaud Kalimuendo has been signed for a reported £26 million from Nottingham Forest on a five-year contract.

As Rennes finished 12th in the Ligue 1, Frenchman Kalimuendo, 23, scored 18 goals in 34 appearances last season.

Prior to making this signing, Forest had already spent about £144 million on six players during the summer transfer window.

They also spent close to £30 million on Manchester City midfielder James McAtee over the weekend on a winger deal worth $ 337.5 million.

Nuno Espirito Santo, the club’s manager, had raised the transfer market on Friday, claiming that his team is not well-equipped to handle a European campaign.

In their first Premier League game of the season, Forest defeated Brentford 3-1 at the City Ground on Sunday.

Since joining Rennes in 2022, Kalimuendo, who started his career at Paris St-Germain, has scored 42 goals in 105 games.

At the Paris 2012 Olympics, he and France also shared silver last year.

He described the club’s website as “honoured” when he learned of Forest’s interest.

“I have good experience and am prepared for the challenge,” I said. I had a good year last year, scoring and adding goals, but I want to improve.

“I’m looking forward to playing at the City Ground and in the Premier League.” It’s obvious that the fans create a beautiful atmosphere when I watched the last season of the game.

Forest are getting ready for the Europa League this year after Crystal Palace was demoted to the Europa Conference League.

Liverpool winger Ben Doak will receive an initial sum of £20 million and additional sums of £5 million in additions from Bournemouth.

The 19-year-old is expected to finish moving to the south coast in the next 24 hours, though this move will still require paperwork and a medical clearance.

Due to ongoing discussions between the two Premier League clubs, Doak was excluded from Liverpool’s 4-2 victory over Bournemouth at Anfield on Friday night.

The forward has six caps for Scotland and played for Middlesbrough on loan last season, scoring three goals and adding seven assists in 24 games. Bournemouth have since signed him, though.

They are said to have beaten interest from Portuguese club Porto and other Premier League clubs, including Leeds.

Since he has only played for Liverpool ten times since joining from Celtic in 2022, Doak’s move will increase his chances of playing first team football.

Dango Ouattara was sold to Brentford last week for £42.5 million, making it a busy summer for Bournemouth.

Illia Zabarnyi, Dean Huijsen, and Milos Kerkez have already been sold to Paris St-Germain, Real Madrid, and Liverpool for a total of roughly £150 million, respectively.

Andoni Iraola, manager of Bournemouth, claimed that his side is “not where they want to be” before the defeat at Anfield and that “important moves” will be made before the transfer window closes on September 1.

Eli Junior Kroupi, Eli Junior Kroupi, and left-back Adrien Truffert, who were also signed by the club in January, have all joined the club this summer.

Brittany Hogan, Ireland’s back row, described rugby as a way to deal with the grief of her father’s sudden death in 2023.

Hogan has spoken out about the impact of her father’s and grandfather’s passing and how her teammates’ support helped her through a difficult time ahead of her first appearance at the Women’s Rugby World Cup.

My dad and I both passed away in August and my grandad in August. I’m playing for them because they were my parents, and they’re no longer with me,” the 26-year-old told BBC Sport NI’s Orla Bannon.

“My dad went into anaphylactic shock after being stung by a wasp on his way home from work. Without my little sister or the assistance of the air ambulance, he had to pull over in the car and be called in to aid.

Hogan, who was initially told she was too aggressive to play other sports when she was 15 years old, claims she and other team-mates are trying to make their bereaved families proud at the World Cup in England in the coming months.

Because rugby waits for no one, she continued, “I didn’t really take time off after their deaths.”

The most crucial thing to do is to train, and that includes having the ability to look after each other off the pitch while not in training.

On Sunday (12:00 BST), Ireland kick off their Pool C campaign in Northampton against Japan.

In their final games, Scott Bemand’s side travel to Spain on August 31 and New Zealand, which hosts them on September 7.

Hogan, who has 34 caps, says reaching the tournament this year is a relief and that Ireland are trying to get out of their group because he was a member of the squad that missed out on qualifying for the previous World Cup in 2021.

“Ireland is a resilient nation despite having our fair share of ups and downs,” he said. We take pride in being a resilient and diligent group, and our recent successes have demonstrated this,” she said.

“We have stated in full that our goal is to reach London and reach the semi-final,” the company said.