Nottingham Forest's transfer plans are set to be put to the test as Elliot Anderson's future at the club hangs in the balance. The midfielder's potential departure has sparked uncertainty over the club's summer transfer plans. Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis believes any sale should eclipse the £105m ($133m) Arsenal paid to sign Declan Rice from West Ham United in 2023. Anderson is an all-round performer and a homegrown English player who has a real chance of starring not only at the World Cup in the next few months, but also on the biggest stages in football for a long time beyond that. If he is sold, it is a moment that will help Forest, as it will promote their standing as a club where young players can develop their careers. Forest gave Anderson the regular first-team football he was missing at Newcastle United. Replacing Anderson will be tricky, but if Forest hope to land a young player with the potential to grow, Anderson's story should work in their favour. In January, Forest tried to sign Middlesbrough's Hayden Hackney, who won the Championship's player-of-the-season award. The 23-year-old seems to favour a move to Everton, and Forest's interest has weakened over recent weeks. Forest also offered £22million for Celtic's Arne Engels on deadline day four months ago, and the Scottish champions are reportedly preparing for the 22-year-old to leave this summer. While there is a reluctant acceptance that Anderson will depart, Pereira spoke frequently about wanting to keep hold of the majority of his key figures this summer. That stretches beyond those who are most likely to be coveted by other clubs, such as Murillo, Morgan Gibbs-White and Neco Williams. Forest have also gone out of their way to persuade Ibrahim Sangare and Nicolas Dominguez of their importance. Over the past year, Sangare has regularly looked like the player Forest hoped they had signed in 2023, when he was their statement-of-intent addition. The club do not intend to lose his dominant, physical presence in midfield. Dynamic and versatile, Dominguez is also highly valued by Pereira. Ryan Yates' driving presence, physicality and honest aggression will remain a useful asset, and there is also the knowledge that Gibbs-White can be a big influence in numerous roles, whether from his preferred attacking midfield position, wider on the left or even as an orthodox central midfielder. Forest would need to fill the void Anderson would leave, but they also have the