Nottingham Forest have completed the signing of Paraguay winger Ramon Sosa, bringing a long saga to a positive end.
Forest successfully agreed a deal with Argentine club Talleres, following weeks of negotiations, with the 24-year-old flying over to England late on Wednesday to finalise the details of a deal that is initially worth in the region of £11million.
Signing Sosa, who can play on either flank or in a forward role, will be seen as another major coup at Forest, with the club having pursued the player since last month.
It has required some intense negotiations by the City Ground club to make Sosa their seventh signing of the summer, with Talleres reluctant to sell a player who had established himself as one of the brightest young talents in Argentine club football.
He had scored seven goals and provided six assists in 21 appearances for Talleres this season. He also has 14 international caps with Paraguay, scoring his first goal for his country with a solo strike against Costa Rica in this summer’s Copa America.
Sosa began his career in the lower leagues of Paraguayan football, before securing a move to their biggest club, Olimpia, in 2021. He then moved to Gimnasia in Argentina in 2022, before joining Talleres in January 2023, amid interest from LA Galaxy at the time.
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What does Sosa bring to Forest?
Sosa is an exciting, attack-minded winger who likes to carry the ball and take defenders on. He is right-footed but prefers to play on the left, allowing him to cut inside.
He averages 0.74 shot-creating actions per 90 minutes from taking players on which, according to FBRef, puts him in the 95th percentile among his peers in South American football. His average of 0.95 shot-creating actions from fouls won puts him in the top one per cent.
His average of 3.72 successful take-ons per game also puts him in the top one per cent.
His stats are better than good. His average of 0.56 goals per 90 over the past year puts him in the top four per cent, but his finishing is even more impressive, with his average of 0.23 goals per shot again putting him in the top one per cent.
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