Bournemouth and Fulham’s recent stints in the Premier League mean Nottingham Forest will view the big time through the freshest eyes next season.
Here are five top-flight virgins we’re looking forward to seeing pop their Prem cherry…
Jaidon Anthony (Bournemouth)
It’s been some breakthrough season for the 22-year-old Bournemouth winger. Anthony managed only seven appearances before the start of a season in which no player has featured more times for Scott Parker’s side.
The former Arsenal academy player has developed a fine partnership with full-back Jordan Zemura on the left of Parker’s XI, with Anthony chipping in with eight goals and six assists.
Next season, Anthony will get the chance to face former team-mates Bukayo Saka and Emile Smith Rowe. When the England pair were offered scholarships at the Emirates, Anthony was released for being too small. He subsequently had a growth spurt and now stands at over six feet tall.
Anthony also has the motivation of playing for his next contract, wherever that may be. He is a year from the end of his current terms with the Cherries after they took up their option to extend the contract that was due to expire this summer. A quick adjustment to life in the Premier League could have some top-flight clubs urging him to shun Bournemouth’s renewal offers.
Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest)
The Championship’s young player of the season would almost certainly have been a Premier League player in August, even if Forest hadn’t won the play-off final. Brentford had multiple bids rejected in January, while Leeds, Everton, Newcastle and Leicester have all been linked with the Wales international.
Johnson’s suitors will have to maintain a watching brief as he takes his first step into the top flight with his boyhood team next term. Johnson, son of former Forest striker David, came through the ranks at the City Ground after joining the club aged eight. He made his senior debut three years ago, in which time he…
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