Nottingham Forest coach Brian Eastick has played down rumours linking Manchester United winger Wilfried Zaha with a loan move to the club.

Zaha is believed to be interesting several clubs as he could be again loaned out after spending part of last season with Cardiff City.

Although Eastick said that the Forest set-up, including manager Stuart Pearce, knew Zaha from his time with the England Under-21 squad, he insists that a deal isn't close at this time.

"I don't take any notice of rumours," the Nottingham Post quotes Eastick as saying.

"Obviously we know him very well, because we have worked with him with the development sides and the Under-21 team, within the England set-up.

"But put it this way, he will not be part of the squad at Tranmere tomorrow [in the Capital One Cup]."

Forest began their 2014-15 league campaign with a 2-0 win over Blackpool on Saturday.