Nottingham Forest chairman and owner Fawaz Al Hasawi has released the following statement after the closure of the summer transfer window.

I would like to take this opportunity to inform our supporters that we today attempted to sign four players in a bid to further bolster our squad.

Regrettably, the value of each player rose over the course of the day to a point where we no longer considered any of our targets as suitable signings at this time.

This should not detract from the work we carried out earlier in the window. A lot of money has been invested and I am delighted with the nine players we have brought to the club this summer. The early additions have allowed us to make an excellent start to what I’m sure will be a very memorable campaign.

We will now turn our attention to the loan market before having another major push in the January transfer window.

I will of course keep you informed of any developments.

Thank you all for your continued support.