Jair Cunha

Cunha spent a significant stretch of his teenage years recovering from a serious knee injury rather than playing football at all, which delayed a career that had looked set to move quickly. What came out the other side is a defender who reads situations rather than throwing himself into them. He chooses the interception over the crunching challenge, because his body already taught him what a badly timed tackle can cost.

That patience is unusual in a defender so early in his senior career, and it is easy to see why Forest were willing to sign him despite the disrupted development. The remaining question is simply minutes. Whether a young centre back who lost time to injury can catch up quickly enough to become a genuine option, rather than a long term project, remains to be seen.