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Armand Traore is the latest player to be linked with a move away from Nottingham Forest this summer, with Turkish outfit Antalyaspor believed to be keen on signing him.

Senegal international Traore has fallen out of favour under Aitor Karanka, and spent the second half of the last Championship campaign with Neil Warnock’s Cardiff City, winning promotion to the Premier League.

That loan deal for the former Arsenal and Juventus defender has since expired, seeing the 28-year-old return to Forest, where he’s now training separately from the main group of first team players at the Nigel Doughty Academy.

According to Turkish newspaper Fanatik, a deal is close to being struck with Forest for the player who made just four appearances while on loan in south Wales.

His last outing for the Reds came in the 1-0 City Ground defeat to Aston Villa on January 13, just a few days after Karanka was appointed.

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The Reds chief this week reiterated his desire to see those players surplus to requirements move on this summer, and Traore could be one of the first to depart with just a year left on his current deal.

“We told them they would not be part of the project this season. We were really clear with all of them,” he said.

“If they are here, it is because they have not found a place to go. They have one month to get another club.

“All of them were good players. Most of them have really good experience in the Championship. I hope they are just trying to find the right place to go.”