Daniel Munoz to Nottingham Forest: Will move for £22m Crystal Palace defender happen? Football Whispers Index score

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Daniel Munoz to Nottingham Forest: Will move for £22m Crystal Palace defender happen? Football Whispers Index score
Daniel Munoz to Nottingham Forest. Photo by Iconsport/ Jessica Hornby / Sportimage/ PA Images

Oliver Glasner is getting his man.

Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace have agreed a £22m fee for Daniel Munoz, with the Colombian set for a medical before putting pen to paper on a three-year deal at the City Ground.

It brings an end to a busy few days of the transfer window, one that saw Everton match Forest's terms before Munoz made his own preference for a Glasner reunion clear.

The Football Whispers Index scores every transfer rumour across five weighted factors. Read how it works here.

Daniel Munoz to Nottingham Forest rated ‘Very likely'

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Daniel Munoz to Nottingham Forest

Very likely
Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace have agreed a £22m fee, with Daniel Munoz set for a medical before signing a three-year deal at the City Ground.
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Financial viability20 / 25
Buying club need15 / 20
Player motivation10 / 15
Selling club incentive13 / 20
Market momentum19 / 20
Financial viability20 / 25
  • Forest have agreed a £22m fee for Munoz, roughly 9% of their reported £222m annual revenue and comfortably within range for a club that spent £45m on Liam Delap this same window.
  • Munoz earns £60,000 a week at Crystal Palace, well below Forest's highest earner Morgan Gibbs-White on £110,000, leaving room for an improved deal at the City Ground.
  • Forest's squad cost ratio sat at an estimated 75% heading into the season, though heavy summer spending on Delap, Ousmane Diomande and Xaver Schlager will push that figure higher before the new SCR rules take full effect in 2026/27.
  • Munoz is set to sign a three-year contract with a club option for a further year, closing out a Selhurst Park deal that still had two seasons left to run.
Buying club need15 / 20
  • Ola Aina started both of Forest's opening Premier League matches at right wing-back and is the only specialist in the position, with Nicolo Savona primarily a centre-back who can cover.
  • Munoz created 27 chances and eight big chances in the 2025/26 Premier League, compared to Aina's nine chances created and zero big chances, registering more than double the expected assists per 90 (0.15 to 0.05).
  • Munoz recorded four goals and three assists from right wing-back last season, contributing seven goal involvements to Aina's zero from the same position.
  • At 30, Munoz fits the immediate competitive profile Forest are building around Glasner but is not a long-term asset alongside the younger signings (Diomande 21, Delap 23, Savona 23) in the squad.
Player motivation10 / 15
  • Forest (Opta global rank 32) and Crystal Palace (Opta global rank 30) sit within two points of each other, making this a sideways move in competitive terms, though Forest offer Europa League football.
  • Munoz was an unused substitute in Palace's 4-1 home defeat to Manchester City on 28 August, his final appearance on the bench before the move was finalised.
  • Glasner and Munoz worked together at Selhurst Park from January 2024 to May 2026, winning the FA Cup, Community Shield and Conference League, with the wing-back making 105 appearances under the Austrian, more than under any other manager.
Selling club incentive13 / 20
  • Palace signed Anan Khalaili from Union Saint-Gilloise and agreed a deal for Zavier Gozo from Real Salt Lake, both capable of filling Munoz's role on the right before his exit was finalised.
  • The agreed £22m fee returns a profit of roughly £15m on the £6.9m Palace paid Genk for Munoz in January 2024.
  • Munoz was an unused substitute in Palace's 4-1 loss to Manchester City on 28 August, a clear sign Pierre Sage had already moved past him in his selection plans.
  • Munoz's most productive Palace season came in 2025/26, with four goals, three assists and a 7.15 FotMob rating, meaning the Eagles are cashing in at the player's peak value.
Market momentum19 / 20
  • David Ornstein reported the £22m fee had been agreed, with Munoz set to undergo a medical before completing his move to the City Ground.
  • Fabrizio Romano confirmed on 30 August that Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace had reached an agreement for the Colombian defender.
  • Standard Sport separately reported the two clubs had reached a full agreement on a fee believed to be in the region of £22m.
  • The agreement follows a rival bid from Everton on similar terms a week earlier, which Munoz's preference for a Glasner reunion ultimately saw off.
The verdict93 / 100
With the fee agreed, a medical booked and a three-year contract on the table, this is about as close to certain as a transfer gets before the ink is dry.
It happens the moment Munoz passes his medical and signs before Tuesday's deadline, which every report now treats as a formality.
Only a failed medical or a late hitch in personal terms could derail it now, and no source has suggested either.

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Byron is a sports journalist based in South Africa. He has a Media degree from the University of Kwa Zulu Natal and has been writing football content since 2019. Byron is also a sports presenter with experience in radio particularly.

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