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FOREST SWEATING ON THEIR PREMIER GAMBLE

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EVERY Nottingham Forest fan knew the latest set of financial results would paint a pretty bleak picture.
Few, though, believed things would be this bad.
Losses of £25m. Wages to revenue at a record 143 per cent.
Outstanding debts of £76m.
Last season’s ill-advised splurge under Aitor Karanka has blown a spectacular hole in the Reds’ accounts - and there are but two ways to seal it. One, of course, is promotion to the Premier League. That is what owner Angelos Marinakis gambled on when he sanctioned a £25m outlay on the likes of Joao Carvalho, Tobias Figueiredo ...

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