based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Nottingham Forest.
Scout report
R. Yates is a 28-year-old central midfielder at Nottingham Forest, rated 49.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 130th of 197 on scout potential in the Premier League. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (18.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.01 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Yates.
Judged on this season alone, Yates graded 13 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 31st of 42 of the 42 central midfielders in the Premier League, on 0 goals, 2 assists and 4.006 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 32 → 13). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 50, 24th of 42 of the 42 central midfielders in the Premier League. At 28 Yates is in his prime years, and a market index of 35.6 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Nottingham Forest finished 16th of 20 · a lower-table side
4.01 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 22 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (16th of 20) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.29 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.
- Defensive volume. 4.01 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
- Pedigree. Performing in a top-tier setting (team strength 92.1/100).
Watch points
- Game time. Only 18.4% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 49.5, Yates carries the 24th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Premier League of 42 — though on just 22 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.01 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Premier League with 600+ minutes this season.
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