Sam Surridge to join Nottingham Forest after £2.2million deal with Stoke, as club comes close to Jonathan...

STOKE ace Sam Surridge is set to join Nottingham Forest on transfer deadline day.

SunSport understand that Forest and the Potters struck a £2.2million deal for Surridge, who is set to link up with his new team by tonight.

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The forward is expected to undergo a medical with the Championship outfit where he will reunite with former manager Steve Cooper.

Sources have told SunSport that the former England Under-21 international will sign a two-and-a-half-year contract with Evangelos Marinakis' club.

Cardiff have also been keeping tabs on the 23-year-old forward but Forest recently joined the bidding war and look set to come out on top.

SunSport have also learned that Forest are close to signing Dijon defender Jonathan Panzo this month.

However, there has been no agreement between the two clubs over the England Under-21 international yet.

Forest are pushing for a permanent deal involving Panzo, who has amassed 26 appearances for the French club since joining from Monaco in 2020.

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Surridge started out at Bournemouth and joined the senior squad in 2015 before undergoing a raft of loan stints.

The Cherries sent the striker out to Weymouth, Poole Town, Yeovil Town, Oldham Athletic and Swansea where he played under Cooper.

The Slough native signed with Stoke last August when he put pen to paper on a four-year contract.

Surridge has amassed a total of five goals and one assist in 25 matches across all competitions this season.

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