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Nottingham Forest will be looking to strengthen their attacking prowess this summer.

Lewis Grabban, who fought through injury to score 17 goals during last season's campaign, is expected to start the season as Sabri Lamouchi's first choice, but currently the 31-year-old looks set to be left feeling a little lonely at shooting practice.

Hilal Soudani and Apostolos Vellios have both made moves to Greece this summer and on Friday morning Karim Ansarifard, who had only joined the Reds eight months previously, sealed his switch to Qatari outfit Al-Sailiya.

Lamouchi has already told Daryl Murphy that he is not in his long-terms plans ahead of next season, while Tyler Walker remains linked with a move away on loan this summer, leaving Grabban with only the club's youth players to offer him friendly competition as the season goes on.

Reds fans have been calling for Forest's recruitment staff to turn their attention to Burnley forward Matej Vydra this summer, but with Sean Dyche keen on keeping the ex-Derby County man - and with Lamouchi having already splashed the cash on Yuri Ribeiro and Tiago Silva this summer - the club could be forced to dip into the free agent market between now and August.

Here are four players who Nottingham Forest could sign for free this summer:

Abel Hernandez

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If reports in Greece are to be believed, Forest were keen on landing Abel Hernandez back in January.

The 28-year-old is a free agent following his release from CSKA Moscow this summer, but Reds fans will know him best from his time on Humberside with Hull City.

Prolific for his native Uruguay, the Copa America winner joined the Tigers in 2014 for a pricey 12 million euros and scored three goals in his first five Premier League outings, against West Ham, Manchester City and Arsenal.

But with Hull relegated, he stayed at the KCOM Stadium and fired them to play-off promotion, scoring 22 goals along the way.

His most recent attack at the Championship saw him start the season in similar vain as he bagged a hat-trick against Burton Albion, but after snapping his Achilles against Wolves in only the third game of the season, he was forced to wait until March to make his return - scoring five in seven..

In 49 Championship outings the striker has scored 28 goals, and picked up four assists.

Shinji Okazaki

No stranger to the East Midlands, Leicester City title winner Shinji Okazaki was given an emotional farewell as he left the King Power this summer.

In 119 outings for Japan, he has scored an incredible 50 goals and led wild card Japan into this summer's Copa America.

The 33-year-old is past his best, clearly, but could prove shrewd business if a Championship club could land him on a 12-month deal.

Unless Lamouchi can attract a marquee name to lead the line next term, which seems unlikely with the club already funding a number of lucrative deals this month, then Grabban will start the season as the the club's key man.

But the Reds could do far worse than a player like Okazaki to provide competition.

Benjamin Moukandjo

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Sabri Lamouchi will know all about Benjamin Moukandjo.

A youth product of Lamouchi's former club Rennes, the striker has notched a total of 47 goals in France over the years for Monaco, Nancy, Reims and Lorient.

The powerful forward has spent the last 18 months in China, where he has continued to prove his worth in front of goal, albeit in an uncompetitive league.

Reports in France have linked the Reds with a number of former Ligue 1 freebies this summer and it's only a matter of time before Moukandjo's name pops up.

Wilfried Bony

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Former Manchester City striker Wilfried Bony turned out 14 times during Lamouchi's time in charge of Ivory Coast, scoring seven for his county.

Still only 30, the big centre-forward would certainly provide something different in the Reds attack and an experienced voice in the City Ground dressing room.

Thursday night's AFCON quarter-final defeat to Algeria sent Bony and his teammates home from the tournament, and he will now look to find a new club following his release from Championship Swansea.

After his testing return to Wales in 2017 saw him battle with a cruciate ligament injury, he was loaned to Qatar for the second half of last season to demonstrate his fitness and scored five goals in seven games.

List of strikers technically available to Nottingham Forest for free this summer:

Daniel Sturridge

Danny Welbeck

Andy Carroll

Macus Berg

Mario Balotelli

Fernando Llorente

Franco Di Santo

David Nugent

Giuseppe Rossi

Darren Bent

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