Arnaud Kalimuendo

Kalimuendo has a habit of scoring almost immediately after joining a new club, which says something about how quickly his instinctive style translates to unfamiliar surroundings. He does not need a long build up to find the net. He reads where a defender is about to step and arrives in the gap a half second before it closes, finishing with minimal backlift.

That kind of instant impact naturally invites scepticism, because opposition defenders and analysts adjust once they have seen a forward on video rather than facing him cold. The question that follows him to Forest is whether the sharp early returns hold up once the surprise element disappears. Centre backs tend to start planning specifically for the runs he likes to make. It is the sort of question that only gets answered properly once a striker has played a genuine run of matches.