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Lamouchi dismisses January transfer talk ahead of Hull clash

Nottingham Forest boss Sabri Lamouchi dismissed any transfer speculation and insisted he is only focused on the present.

Forest host Hull on Wednesday aiming to keep touch with the pacesetters at the top of the Sky Bet Championship.

He told a press conference: “I am just looking at the Hull game. January, for me, is too far.

“Maybe you can make some speculation for some players – some striker, winger, box-to-box, right or left-back, goalkeeper. But for me, I am just focused on my players and my squad.”

In contrast, Huddersfield are unbeaten in their last four games as Danny Cowley begins to turn the Terriers’ season around.

“We’re really pleased to be four unbeaten because that was the challenge to the players going into the Blackburn game,” Cowley told the Huddersfield Examiner.

Bristol City face fellow play-off contenders Charlton at Ashton Gate with boss Lee Johnson hoping new striker Rodri can be this season’s Teemu Pukki.

Johnson told the Bristol Post: “You’ve only got to look at the likes of Pukki, for example, who was literally sent in to every Championship side via, I’ll show you, about 100 e-mails.

“Obviously he came in and Norwich took a chance on him and he’s done unbelievably well for Norwich.

“Options are limited when it comes to that out-of-contract market, particularly as it goes on six to eight weeks beyond the window closing.

“We felt that something we wanted to look at was the type of player – a finisher, a poacher, a fox-in-the-box – and he came into that category.”

“I don’t want to try and defend myself or my team-mates, but sometimes it is not your day and they were switched on,” he told Rams TV.

“We will try to forget this game now and try to focus on the next games. Wigan is a good opportunity to play at home and show our fans that it was just not our day.”

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