For ordinary people, January represented the arrival of the new year, a holiday and snow. But for Europe's professional football clubs, January meant a busy transfer window.
Was there any area of the team that Nottingham Forest needed to supplement? Except for Gareth Bale's serious injury, Nottingham Forest's injury situation was still relatively minor. It had something to do with their good stamina reserves established during their summer preparations. The intensely competitive nature of the Christmas period did not drag down the team's fitness and naturally there would not be many inexplicable injuries.
