Scoring record earned big-money move

I’m happy to have signed and I can’t wait to get going,” he said.

“The size of the stadium, the history of the club and the fans have been amazing every time I have played here, so I am just delighted to get going and play some games here and show them what I can do.

“I am happy to get underway. Hopefully we can take this team to the next level and the Premier League.

“That is the ambition of the club and the ambition of everyone here, including the manager and the owner, and that is exactly why I have signed here, so I am delighted and I can’t wait to get underway.”

Robinson will hope that Lolley’s advice that Forest was the place to be this season in the Championship, proves to be correct.

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The Croydon-born player bagged 12 goals for struggling Sunderland in the first half of the campaign, before boosting Aston Villa’s push for the playoffs with eight goals in ten starts and five sub appearances.

Grabban began his career at Crystal Palace. After moving to Millwall, he went to Brentford on loan, before moving to Rotherham, where he scored 21 goals in the 2011/12 season to enhance his reputation. That earned him a £300k move to Bournemouth in 2012, where he scored 35 goals in 88 starts and five sub appearances. A big money move to Norwich followed, with Grabban scoring 13 goals in 28 starts and 16 sub appearances.

Bournemouth paid £7m to bring the player back from Norwich in 2016, but he is now regarded as surplus to requirements by Eddie Howe.