Nottingham Forest will pursue the opportunity of asking Manchester United for permission to play goalkeeper Dean Henderson within the Carabao Cup semi-final between the 2 sides.
Henderson is ineligible for the two-legged tie later this month as he’s on mortgage from the Old Trafford membership and the one means he would be capable of play is that if United give written permission.
That appears unlikely at this stage however boss Steve Cooper says his membership will seemingly go down that avenue anyway.
“Obviously it’s something we will look into the possibility of pursuing,” he stated.
“But it’s all just talk at the minute, I guess.
“We haven’t really had a chance to breathe since the game. We’ll pick that up as and when.”
It was Henderson’s heroics that despatched Forest by way of to the semi-finals as he adopted up a variety of stops in regular time with two penalty saves in a shootout.
Forest have a fast turnaround as they return their focus to the Premier League with an East Midlands derby towards Leicester on Saturday.
Willy Boly, who scored to place Forest in entrance on the City Ground, limped off with an ankle damage and might be assessed.
“We’ve got an injury record that we’re not particularly fond of at the moment, and that may have been added to last night,” Cooper added.
“We haven’t assessed the players yet because they are in a little bit later, so there’s no news of absolute guarantees of player availability from last night.
“Fingers crossed on a couple of things. The last thing we want is more numbers on that list than what we already have.
“But, as I always say, next man up. We’ll work with the players who are available. It’s a great game to look forward to.”
Jesse Lingard, Moussa Niakhate, Cheikhou Kouyate (all hamstring) and Omar Richards stay out whereas Taiwo Awoniyi is a doubt.
