£3 million After failing Hughton, a Nottingham Forest star is now making a U-turn internationally…

Chris Hughton was sacked by Nottingham Forest in 2021 and now he’s convinced a current star to play for Ghana.

Forest have a number of international players within their ranks – highlighted by how many went to the African Cup of Nations in January.

Willy Boly, Ibrahim Sangare and Serge Aurier all represented the Ivory Coast at the tournament as Forest players.

Ola Aina was with the Nigeria squad, whilst Moussa Niakhate and Cheikhou Kouyate represented Senegal at the competition.

Now, another player is set to pledge his future to play for the African continent Ghana – with talks taking place with Hughton.

Much like his time at Forest, Hughton has fallen by the wayside with Ghana and he was sacked after a drab AFCON showing.

However, it was Hughton who convinced Hudson-Odoi to switch his allegiances after playing three times for England.

According to the Ghanaian publication My News, Hughton spoke with the parents of Hudson-Odoi before the World Cup in 2022.

At that point, he was the technical director of the Black Stars and the talks didn’t go particularly well.

He wasn’t in the Chelsea team at the time and wanted to get things sorted on that front in the first instance.