Nottingham Forest suffer another injury blow ahead of cup tie as transfer claim made

Nottingham Forest have been dealt another injury blow, with the news defender Scott McKenna faces up to five weeks out of action.

The 25-year-old was forced off late on in Wednesday night’s 3-1 victory over QPR. And he is now set for an extended period on the sidelines.

The Reds are already without fellow centre-back Steve Cook (ankle) for six weeks, while left-back Max Lowe (groin) will be absent for the same length of time - both having come off in the 4-0 thumping of Reading last weekend. Striker Lewis Grabban, however, is expected to return soon after the international break, having been missing since the end of January with an ankle strain.

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The City Ground will get its first taste of VAR on Sunday when Nottingham Forest host Liverpool in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.

It will also be the first time Reds boss Steve Cooper has encountered the system. And he plans to talk to his players about what effect it could have as they prepare to take on Jurgen Klopp’s side.

All of the last-eight ties will have a Video Assistant Referee and an Assistant VAR overseeing the games. Craig Pawson will be the man in the middle for Forest’s clash, while the VAR will be Andrew Madley and the AVAR will be Simon Bennett.

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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has praised the work being done by Steve Cooper at Nottingham Forest, ahead of the teams meeting in the FA Cup on Sunday.

Cooper has overseen a remarkable rise up the Championship table since taking charge of the Reds in September. They moved to within one point of the play-off spots as a result of the midweek dismantling of QPR, when they triumphed 3-1 at the City Ground.

And Forest have also made it through to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, having