Alan Shearer has praised former Newcastle striker Chris Wood. Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images for the Premier League
Alan Shearer knows a thing or two about scoring goals in the Premier League and has praised a former Newcastle striker for being in “the form of his life”.
Considering the Magpies could be ready to lose one of their main leadersand how well Nottingham Forest’s Chris Wood is doing at the moment, allowing Wood to leave for the City Ground is starting to look like a huge mistake by the Newcastle hierarchy.
Newcastle sold the striker who has been praised by Alan Shearer
Considering this another player they sold appears to be close to an England call-upit does raise certain questions for the decision-makers at St. James.
Wood has looked very impressive for Nuno Espirito Santo’s side and has scored seven goals in his last nine games for each game. transfer market.
No wonder Shearer picked him for his Premier League team of the week.
“What a season he’s having! Two more goals. He’s in the form of his life,” wrote the former No.9 for the Official Premier League website.
It is undoubtedly Woods’ goals that have helped propel Forest into the upper echelons of the English top flight.
For most of last season, the Midlands side were struggling to keep their heads above water, but this season they are already in seventh place, with four wins and four draws from their nine games.
This has given them a healthy 16 points and means they are just two points off the Champions League places and just seven off leaders Man City.
It’s too early in the season for anyone with a Forest connection to get too carried away, of course, but building confidence at this early stage is nothing to be sniffed at.
For a striker in particular, they thrive on such confidence to ensure a steady supply of goals, and this hot streak at the moment is likely to leave Newcastle wondering what could have been.
