- England international Elliot Anderson was not named in Nottingham Forest’s squad to face Porto on Thursday evening.
- The club confirmed that Anderson was unavailable following the death of his mother, Helen.
- Forest posted on X that “our thoughts and heartfelt sympathies are with the Anderson family at this difficult time.”
- Anderson has been a regular in the Forest side this season, helping the team compete on domestic and European fronts.
- Their Europa League quarter-final tie hangs in the balance, after the first leg in Porto ended in a 1-1 draw last week.
