Nottingham Forest have confirmed that striker Chris Wood has signed a new contract through until the summer of 2027. Wood, 33, was due to be out of contract at the end of this season, which is on track to be his most prolific at Premier League level.
Chris Wood is just one goal short of his lifetime-best Premier League season total of 14, which he has reached twice – last season and five years previously – and it very much looks that this time he will deliver a best-ever in what has been a glorious late-career surge at Nottingham Forest.
Opinion by Michael Burgess Michael Burgess has been a Sports Journalist for New Zealand's Herald since 2005, covering the Olympics, Fifa World Cups, and America’s Cup campaigns. Many years from now, New Zealand kids will ask their grandparents about Chris Wood.
Chris Wood has signed a new contract with Nottingham Forest, keeping him at the club until the English summer of 2027. The 33-year-old says he is “very excited” for the years ahead. “I saw the ambition when I first arrived.
Wood, who has scored 14 goals in 23 games this season, has signed a two-year contract to keep him at the club until 2027. On extending his stay, the 33-year-old said: "I'm very excited and very happy to have it completed and done, and I'm looking forward to the next couple of years, at least.
All Whites captain Chris Wood extends his contract with Nottingham Forest until 2027 on the back of his prolific goal-scoring form.
EVEN by the standards of a normal quiet January, this month, so far, has been about the things that haven’t happened. Over the last five January windows, Prem sides have splashed out £785m.
Nottingham Forest tie Chris Wood down to a new two-year contract; Wood has been in prolific form this season, scoring 14 goals in 22 league games; Nottingham Forest third in the Premier League table
Morgan Gibbs-White was one of many Nottingham Forest players to comment on a major announcement on the striker.
The New Zealand forward has scored 14 Premier League goals to help Forest climb to third in the table. Wood initially joined on loan from Newcastle in 2023 before the deal became permanent.
Only Mohamed Salah, Erling Haaland and Alexander Isak have scored more goals than Wood in the top flight this term