“I’ve been really happy with my time here at Forest, the fans have been fantastic. I’m really looking forward to seeing what the future holds.” Ola Aina he said it last May, at the time of his renewal with the Nottingham shirt. He had arrived a year earlier, as a free agent, signing for one season. Now, however, he is playing even better, given that he has already made seven appearances in the Premier League this season, playing them all as a starter and only being replaced in one, the first, against Bournemouth.
Furthermore, Forest are also doing quite well. Only one match lost, with four draws – the last against Chelsea yesterday – and ten points in the standings which gives hope for a quiet year.
In 2023 he left Turin on a free transfer. “On the last day of the transfer market, West Ham made an offer, I remember that that same evening we were playing against Atalanta. I thought all day about what to do, but Torino replied that they wanted 10 million euros, without those no transfer. I think the offer was 8.6 million, they knew I wouldn’t renew, but then two hours later we were playing and I couldn’t leave the team. I got carried away by this story awarded a penalty to the opponents…”. Ola Aina turns 28 today.