After losing favor at the City Ground, the former Aberdeen player is anticipated to depart the Premier League team this month.
Although McKenna’s potential suitors, the Rangers, are reportedly also interested in signing him, according to Sky Sports, which has been widely reported.
According to the report, the Scotland international “may sign on a free transfer in the summer when his Forest contract expires on June 30th, after initially moving on an initial loan deal.”
In September 2020, McKenna left Aberdeen to join Forest, although he has since lost favor. He has only made five Premier League appearances this season.
The 27-year-old’s goal is to participate in the Euros this summer in order to be part of Steve Clarke’s plans for the competition.
As the controversy around a non-penalty incident at Celtic Park rages on, the Scottish Football Association has retaliated against Rangers.
Under pressure from Gers striker Abdallah Sima, Celtic defender Alistair Johnston looked to handle the ball inside the box during the first half of the thrilling Premiership match at Parkhead on December 30.
Referee Nick Walsh signaled for a goal kick, and after a check, VAR official Willie Collum verified the call.
Later, it was revealed by Sky Sports, which was live-broadcasting the game, that there had been an offside in the build-up, which Rangers asserted was never noted by the VAR analysis.
After a meeting with the governing body on Wednesday, Rangers stated there was “an overwhelming consensus the VAR decision of no handball was incorrect.” The Ibrox club also asked on the SFA to reveal the audio of the incident.
The Govan club also expressed their “deep concern” with the decision’s haste, and there were rumors circulating that they had asked Collum to stay out of future Rangers games.
The Scottish FA, however, expressed disappointment with the contents of Rangers’ most recent statement in a lengthy statement.
“Director of football operations Creag Robertson and chief executive James Bisgrove attended a private briefing with Crawford Allan, head of referee operations, to discuss the situation in question, including the use of matchday audio.
“The chief executive informed us that the meeting had been handled in an amicable, collaborative, and informative manner. The club’s statement doesn’t seem to take this into account.
It was brought up at the meeting that the occurrence in question was a subjective handball and that the VAR did not believe the fault to be obvious enough to warrant an on-field review.
Furthermore, since the offside was not taken into consideration when the VAR made its handball determination, it would not have been brought up at the time.
In Clydesdale House, it was brought to light that if the VAR had ruled that the occurrence constituted a handball offense and requested that the referee conduct an on-field review, the offensive phase of play would have been examined and an offside would have been discovered.
“We are examining the information distribution procedure to prevent any perceived uncertainty in the future. Broadcasters were informed of this additional information throughout the game.
“There was general agreement that the incident had no bearing on the result of the match and could not have resulted in a penalty kick being awarded in any case.”
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