'It's a shame' - Leeds journalist left gutted as 'big news story' emerges

The Manchester United man spent last season on loan with Nottingham Forest and it seems as though he will re-join the team again next season if the latest report by Football Transfers is to be believed. 

After Garner helped Forest achieve promotion to the Premier League, McGilligan was so impressed that he urged the club to go out and sign the midfielder, while respected journalist Phil Hay had said (via MOT Leeds News) that the player could be a target.

This latest news, however, seems to have put an end to Leeds’ hopes of signing the 21-year-old, and McGilligan wasn’t happy to hear the update at all.

Speaking on the One Leeds Fan Channel, he said: “Probably the big news story breaking today is Leeds were interested, apparently we were keeping tabs, on James Garner at Manchester United – obviously he was on loan at Nottingham Forest last season. 

“However, it looks like Manchester United are extremely keen for James Garner to be going back to Nottingham Forest next season in the Premier League. Obviously, he solidified his reputation there and it looks like Erik ten Hag wants Garner to go back to Nottingham Forest, develop his trade a little bit, play with a little bit of familiarity when it comes to the players in and around him, and play with a little bit of confidence.

“And I imagine Garner has turned around to Erik ten Hag and said, ‘look, if there is any club want to go back to, it is Nottingham Forest. I want to keep Nottingham Forest in the Premier League’. 

“It’s a shame, because I think he’d have fit perfectly. I think even for the Jesse Marsch way, the 4-2-2-2 system, he’d have slotted absolutely seamlessly in there. It is what it is, he was one of my transfer targets as well. So a bit annoying, but it is what