Nottingham Forest can count their lucky stars as abysmal Lorenzo Lucca deal dissected
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The 25-year-old had been coming off the back of a strong season, scoring 14 goals across all competitions before securing his move to the Serie A giants.But Napoli quickly learned that Lucca was not the striker for them, and Sean Dyche took a chance on him in January.Ahead of Sunday’s season finale, the Italy international has made a grand total of nine appearances, with Nottingham Forest transfer chiefs likely feeling as if they have dodged a bullet. 🔄 Nottingham Forest Transfer Update 🔄 Breaking news on signings, departures, and contract news from the Nottingham Forest boardroom. VISIT THE FOREST TRANSFER HUB MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES What has gone wrong for Lorenzo Lucca?Lucca arrived at Nottingham Forest mainly to cover for the injury to Chris Wood, who has spent almost the entirety of the campaign out with a knee injury.
Lucca has not scored since, making it off the bench in the Premier League just once since the end of February. The Italian has suffered from a slight ankle injury, which likely resulted in a couple of absences, but his only route into the Nottingham Forest squad has been via the Europa League’s larger squad sizes.The 25-year-old clearly has an ability to score goals, but for a striker seriously lacking in confidence, the City Ground was not the place to go.Welcome to Nottingham Forest, Lorenzo Lucca! ✍️— Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) January 23, 2026 View Tweet Lucca has looked massively off the pace throughout his time in England, and Nottingham Forest will be relieved at not having to keep him past this summer.Vitor Pereira explains Lucca snubIt was even more of a blow for Lucca when the out-of-favour Taiwo Awoniyi returned to the squad under Pereira and started to perform well.Speaking after the Nigerian had been included over the Italian in his squad to play Fulham in March, the manager said: “I decided to go with Taiwo.
It’s not about the quality, because he [Lucca] has quality. He is a fighter, and I like this type of player, I like this mentality and spirit.”On that basis, it is unsurprising that Lucca’s Nottingham Forest spell has been such a disaster.