Angus Gunn leaves Nottingham Forest after end-of-season review

Angus Gunn’s time at Nottingham Forest is over almost as quickly as it began. The Scotland goalkeeper will depart the club following an end-of-season review, bringing a quiet end to a one-year deal that never really got off the ground.

Gunn signed with Forest on a free transfer from Norwich City back on August 6, 2025. He was brought in to shore up goalkeeping depth after Matt Turner’s departure. What he got instead was a season spent almost entirely on the bench, watching from the sideline in one of Europe’s most competitive leagues.

One appearance, one draw, one exit

Over the course of the entire 2025-26 season, Gunn made exactly one appearance for Forest. He came on as a half-time substitute in a 1-1 draw against Crystal Palace on February 1, 2026. That was it. The full body of work.

For a player who racked up 114 appearances during his time at Norwich City between 2021 and 2025, that kind of inactivity represents a dramatic downshift.

Forest’s end-of-season review evidently concluded that keeping Gunn around for another cycle didn’t make sense for either party. His contract runs through the summer of 2026, and rather than explore an extension, both sides appear to have agreed that a clean break serves everyone better.

The World Cup factor

Scotland qualified for the 2026 World Cup, and Gunn has remained a key figure in the national team setup. He recently recorded a clean sheet in an international friendly, which is the kind of form you can only sustain if you’re actually playing regular football somewhere.

A goalkeeper who plays once in an entire Premier League season is going to have a hard time convincing anyone, including himself, that he’s match-ready for the biggest tournament on the planet.

What this means for Forest and for Gunn

From Forest’s perspective, this is relatively low-stakes housekeeping. Gunn arrived on a free transfer, reportedly earned a base salary of around $1.56M, and departs without any transfer fee complications.

For Gunn, the free agency market opens up with both urgency and opportunity. At 29, his 114 appearances at Norwich prove he can handle the demands of English professional football at a high level.

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