News about Andrew Omobamidele

TOM COLLOMOSSE: The image is one of the most arresting of the season. The date is March 2 and Darwin Nunez has just scored for Liverpool in the ninth minute of stoppage time, to secure a controversial 1-0 victory over Nottingham Forest. Yet again, Forest feel wronged by a crucial refereeing decision moments earlier and not long after the final whistle sounds, players and staff march towards the officials, boiling with rage. Forest coach Steven Reid turns the air blue and is subsequently banned from the touchline for his tirade at referee Paul Tierney. There are boos and catcalls. Amid it all, owner Evangelos Marinakis stands alone on the touchline, a study in brooding anger.

IVAN SPECK AT THE TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM: Tottenham Hotspur HOTSPUR STADIUM: Tottenham Hotspur's victory over Nottingham Forest 3-1 on Sunday and promoted Aston Villa to fourth place. As Ange Postecoglou celebrated another triumph, Mail Sport's Ivan Speck gives his player ratings from the Tottenham Hotspur stadium.

TOM COLLOMOSSE: If relegation is not enough to compel Nottingham Forest to abandon their scattergun approach to transfers, maybe nothing will be. Forest was fined four points for going outside of the Premier League's profit and sustainability (PSR) rules on Monday, bringing their total score to 21 points and putting them into the bottom three. An appeal is being favored by an advocate, implying that the result of the relegation match could also be uncertain considering that all 38 games have been played.

KIERAN GILL AT THE AMEX STADIUM: Nottingham Forest has been left with a nagging sense of injustice. Brighton's goal may not have counted. Jakub Moder's red card was missing, but it never was. On the whims of referee Michael Salisbury, they lost by a myriad of 50-50s. 'Premier League, corrupt as f***,' the traveling supporters sang. You might have guessed that Nuno Espirito Santo's face would have compelled them to join in the outrage. Despite the refereeing, Forest cannot deny that they did not have nearly enough chances at the Amex Stadium to say they deserved much more than this loss.

TOM COLLOMOSSE AT THE GOVERNANCE STADIUM: So the Big Dog hasn't lost his bite. Last week, Ivan Toney used the word to describe himself, and he did a good job by returning to Premier League action in style. Despite eight months on the sidelines for 232 FA betting offences, Toney played as if he had never been away. He scored a comeback goal, bullied Nottingham Forest center-back Andrew Omobamidele, and was at the center of every positive attacking move. Toney is probably not quite as good as he thinks but who cares? Brentford's self-belief had been eroded by five straight losses that had put them at the brink of the relegation game. In this situation, a player who considers himself the Bees' knees is exactly what you need. Thomas Frank, Brentford's manager, brought Toney captain to life, and he responded with a zealous display.

In extra-time due to a medical emergency in the away end, Blackpool's match against Nottingham Forest was delayed for a brief period. According to reports, players received calls from supporters before notifying the referee, who then halted play during the FA Cup third round replay. Medics charged across the field and into the crowd before attending the fan in need, while players and club workers stood around watching the game.

As the FA Cup third-round replay began against Blackpool on Wednesday, Nottingham Forest defender Andrew Omobamidele paid tribute to teammate Cheikhou Kouyate after opening the scoring against Blackpool. Following the death of his father, Omobamidele retained a No 8 shirt with the phrase 'thinking of you, Kouyate.' Following his father Bangiougou's death on Tuesday, the 34-year-old was forced to leave Senegal's AFCON team and will attend his funeral in Senegal's capital, Dakar, on Wednesday afternoon.

TOM COLLOMOSSE: According to Premier League rules, clubs can lose no more than £105 million over a three-year period. Since returning to the top-flight in 2022, the Midlands club has embarked on an unprecedented spending spree that may have pushed them back to bite them. 43 players have been brought in at only three transfer windows at a cost of around £300 million. Let's take a look at the ten worst players and those that have been unable to get right.

VERDICT BY TOM COLLOMOSSE: To raise the alarm at Nottingham Forest, all that was needed were rough estimates. Employees began to wonder if enough attention was being paid to Premier League budget policies as more players were signed. They had their answer on Monday. Forest was charged today with breaking the Premier League's Profitability and Sustainability laws, with a hearing set to follow. Everton received a 10-point fine for violating those laws, but Forest knows the same could happen to them before the season ends.

TOM COLLOMOSSE: As Nottingham Forest dominated the transfer market by signing five players on the summer deadline, the man who would actually have to coach them emerged on the periphery. They arrived from Nuno Tavares to Nicolas Dominguez and Ibrahim Sangare, but not forgetting Divock Origi or Andrew Omobamidele. Steve Cooper was a long way from the action when Forest started their moves on September 1st.

The first international break of the new season is here, but Premier League players will not be given any time for rest and relaxation as they represent their respective nations. Any English top-flight player is residing in the United Kingdom, and the air miles are racking up for people traveling around the world to compete in international tournaments. When the Premier League returns, players will be able to travel for shorter trips abroad for European Championship qualifiers against Ukraine and Scotland, but others will have to face long-haul flights that could cause wreak havoc on their body clocks.

MATT BARLOW: MATT BARLOW: Although Premier League clubs were investing £2.36 billion on transfers, Maidstone United were battling to replace two outdated toilet blocks and wondering where they would find the £250,000 needed to replace their 3G pitch next season. Grimsby were signing a dozen players but a safety audit revealed it had become a point of urgency after years of neglect under former owners. Another £100,000 had already been scheduled to reseed the playing surface at Blundell Park and the training pitches. They were at Lincoln trying to protect their earnings amid the cost-of-living crisis and inflation, which has raised prices by around 18 percent since the start of last season.

Traumatic does not do justice to Oli McBurnie's struggles over the past two years, but a new season has brought the striker's life back to him. The Scotland international, who arrived from Swansea three summers ago, has only scored two goals in as many seasons. With a superb first-half header last night, he scored his second in as many games. Paul Heckingbottom's men leapt ahead of Reading into first place, with defender Anel Ahemdzic leading a spectacular second-half double to sandwich an Iliman Ndiaye's clinical attack.