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Omari Hutchinson and James Mc Atee won Euro 2025 together with England Under-21s in the summer Nottingham Forest have agreed deals worth £37. 5m for Ipswich Town winger Omari Hutchinson and nearly £30m for Manchester City's James Mc Atee. The deal for 22-year-old Mc Atee is also expected to include a sell-on and buy-back clause. Forest had been considering their next move for Hutchinson, 21, after a £35m offer was rejected by the Tractor Boys at the weekend. Midfielder Mc Atee, who captained England Under-21s to Euro 2025 victory in the summer, has been a long-term target for Forest. He made 27 appearances for City last season but just three Premier League starts. Forest are also in advanced talks for Rennes striker Arnaud Kalimuendo before Sunday's Premier League opener at home to Brentford, with all three deals worth close to £90m. The club have been looking for wide reinforcements, having sold Anthony Elanga to Newcastle for a club-record deal of an initial £55m, external, and have already signed Dan Ndoye from Bologna. Brentford also had a £35m bid turned down last month for Hutchinson, despite the offer meeting his relegation release clause. Since the offer was not cash up front, though, it was rejected and the clause expired. The Bees did come back to the table after selling Bryan Mbeumo to Manchester United, but were unable to agree a deal with Ipswich, leaving Forest in pole position to bring him to the City Ground. Hutchinson - who scored in England Under-21's extra-time final victory against Germany in June after being set up by Mc Atee - joined Town from Chelsea for £20m last summer after spending 2023-24 on loan at Portman Road, helping Ipswich into the Premier League. He scored three goals in 31 league games last season but was unable to stop Kieran Mc Kenna's side dropping back into the Championship. Ipswich, who drew their opening Championship game 1-1 at Birmingham, also sold striker Liam Delap to Chelsea in a £30m deal after he scored 12 goals last season. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Premier League predictions 2025-26: BBC Sport pundits pick their top four Brentford agree club record £42. 5m Ouattara move How will your club fare? Phil Mc Nulty's Premier League predictions Special access to a US F-16 Fighting Falcon Why was this French film so controversial? Preview a revealing new documentary about boxer Tommy Fury A sci-fi dream that became reality A bold new era of football on BBC Sport: Your game, your season Premier League predictions 2025-26: BBC Sport pundits pick their top four How will your club fare? Phil Mc Nulty's Premier League predictions Brady questioning my work ethic was very unfair - Rooney Work to do as Spurs collapse - but promising signs for Frank Watch: Mic'd up Livingstone captains team in real time. Video Watch: Mic'd up Livingstone captains team in real time Wildcards, breakouts and new faces - 22 Premier League players to watch 'He has made young players dream' - the making of Liverpool icon Salah What is multi-club ownership in football? Video What is multi-club ownership in football? 'Shoddy, shabby & not good enough' - but Rangers do what they need to Fresh or fatigued - how rested is your Premier League team's squad? Lewandowski, Man Utd and the transfer that got away. Video Lewandowski, Man Utd and the transfer that got away Why have Ferrari been unable to win a title since 2008? Owners worth billions, so why might Red Bull era dawn slowly at Newcastle? When England won by two runs - the greatest ever Test match? Video When England won by two runs - the greatest ever Test match? Becky Zerlentes - the first female boxer to die in fight in US Hansie Cronje, match-fixing and plane crash that left a complex legacy Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.