Nottingham Forest winger Dilane Bakwa is set to join Ligue 1 club Lille on a loan deal, according to reports cited by outlets including The Athletic and Yahoo Sports. The move is described as season-long and is expected to be completed soon, pending final agreement and paperwork.
Bakwa, 23, joined Nottingham Forest last year from RC Strasbourg. The Athletic reports the transfer fee was about €35 million (£29.3 million). Yahoo Sports also notes his age and recent move from Strasbourg to Forest, echoing that he is on the fringes of a new loan arrangement rather than a permanent transfer.
Both reports frame the development as an agreement or strong likelihood of a loan, but they do not provide detailed terms such as loan fee, salary responsibility, or any purchase option. The different outlets primarily vary in the sources they cite—The Athletic versus Yahoo Sports’ reference to Foot Mercato—while describing the same basic transaction: a temporary move from Forest to Lille.
