NOTTINGHAM Forest are understood to have agreed a deal to take Crystal Palace defender Jack Hunt on loan.
Stuart Pearce has acted quickly to bring in another player to address the club's defensive injury crisis.
Hunt, 23, is a right back who made nine starts and two substitute appearances for Barnsley last season, after joining them on loan in the second half of the campaign.
The defender was initially a product of the Huddersfield youth set up and made 112 starts and nine sub appearances for the Terriers, before joining Palace in the summer of 2013.
Forest currently have five potential members of their back four sidelined with injury and fighting to be fit for the start of the new campaign.
They include American international full back Eric Lichaj, who has a groin problem that could keep him out until September.
Forest have already added Michael Mancienne to their squad in the past week, with the 26-year-old joining in a £1m deal from Hamburg.
Central defenders Kelvin Wilson (calf), Jamaal Lascelles (knee) and Jack Hobbs (ankle) are all still recovering, while skipper Chris Cohen is still recuperating from his serious knee injury.
But the arrival of Hunt, which is expected to be confirmed over the next 24 hours, will at least provide competition at right back.
