based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Nottingham Forest.
Scout report
M. Sels is a 34-year-old goalkeeper at Nottingham Forest, rated 29 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 123rd of 134 on scout potential in the Premier League. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (78% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sels.
Judged on this season alone, Sels graded 18 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 17th of 30 of the 30 goalkeepers in the Premier League, on 7 clean sheets across 31 appearances.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 18 → 18). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 29, 27th of 30 of the 30 goalkeepers in the Premier League. At 34 Sels is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 10.8 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Nottingham Forest finished 16th of 20 · a lower-table side
7 clean sheets in 31 appearances (23% of games). Keeping that many behind a lower-table side (16th of 20) — a side that concedes more — points to a busy, productive season between the posts.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 78% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Pedigree. Performing in a top-tier setting (team strength 92.1/100).
Watch points
- Age curve. At 34, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 29, Sels carries the 27th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the Premier League of 30, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Nottingham Forest finished 16th of 20) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. A a regular starter keeper carrying the gloves this season. Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among goalkeepers in the Premier League with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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