{"id":537829,"date":"2026-07-07T17:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T17:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/537829\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T17:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T17:46:10","slug":"nottingham-forest-bid-for-ireland-under-21-defender-rejected-second-offer-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/537829\/","title":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest bid for Ireland Under-21 defender rejected, second offer expected"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hull City prospect Cathal McCarthy is drawing interest from the Premier League, Championship and Scotland.<\/p>\n

Cathal McCarthy of Hull City is challenged by Estevao of Chelsea(Image: Chelsea Football Club\/Chelsea FC via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Nottingham Forest have had a bid for Ireland Under-21 defender Cathal McCarthy turned down by Hull City.<\/p>\n

The Premier League<\/a> club is expected to make a fresh offer, but will face competition from rival top-flight sides and a number of Championship and Scottish outfits.<\/p>\n

McCarthy is regarded among the top young centre back prospects in English football right now and Forest<\/a>\u2019s initial bid is believed to be a significant seven-figure sum.<\/p>\n

However, the Championship play-off winners would be reluctant to lose someone that they view as a major asset.<\/p>\n

At least two Scottish Premiership<\/a> sides are eager to bring the former UCD<\/a> man north of the border on loan, which may be a preferable option right now.<\/p>\n

McCarthy joined Hull last summer from UCD – after opting to remain with the League of Ireland<\/a> side so that he could complete his Leaving Certificate.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Estevao of Chelsea and Cathal McCarthy of Hull City(Image: Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

He made eight first-team appearances before an injury sustained in April kept him out of Hull\u2019s play-off final run.<\/p>\n

His debut came last August, when he starred alongside Ireland international John Egan against Blackburn Rovers.<\/p>\n

He was man of the match when Hull beat Middlesbrough in just his second Championship start, while there were also FA Cup appearances against Blackburn and Chelsea.<\/p>\n

Click here to sign up to our sport newsletter, bringing you the top stories and biggest headlines from Ireland and beyond<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hull City prospect Cathal McCarthy is drawing interest from the Premier League, Championship and Scotland. Cathal McCarthy of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[18921,134133,228525,61,60,2539,3184,97777,228524,1102,114374,112,154427],"class_list":["post-537829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-chelsea-fc","tag-hull-city-afc","tag-hull-city-fc","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-league-of-ireland","tag-leaving-certificate","tag-middlesbrough-fc","tag-nottingham-forest-fc","tag-premier-league","tag-republic-of-ireland-u21-football-team","tag-sports","tag-ucd-afc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}