FAWAZ Al Hasawi has asked Nottingham Forest fans for their patience – while the club build a team that is capable of challenging for promotion.
The Reds owner and chairman has already overseen five new additions this summer, with keeper Dorus de Vries the latest to sign before the squad flew out to Portugal yesterday.
But Al Hasawi says the work has only just begun – and will continue right up until the moment the transfer window closes.
The Kuwaiti has pledged that there are more quality additions to come.
"I am not going to say everything that we are going to do. But I want the fans and everyone to relax," he said.
"I have spoken to Billy (Davies) about what he wants and we will do things step by step.
"We will bring in good players, we will bring in quality. There will be more activity this summer.
"From now and until September it will be hard.
"I am sure the fans are worried about the team, but I want to tell them to relax, to be patient.
"We are working hard to get things done. We are working hard to bring in all the players that Billy wants.
"Some people think that we are not getting the right players. But I am doing all this for Nottingham.
"We will do this slowly, the window closes in the first week of September and we will bring in all the players that Billy wants."
And Al Hasawi says every signing the club makes will be decided by the manager.
"Billy is the manager, not Fawaz Al Hasawi. But I want to go to the next level," he said.
"And I want to be able to sit with Billy and say to him 'we brought in the players you wanted, now let's do that'.
"We did well last season, hopefully this season we will focus from the beginning.
"I wish Billy, his staff and the players all the best, but we also need the fans to be behind us, as they are always."
Al Hasawi says Davies deserves credit for the work he did in the final months of last season, as Forest narrowly missed out on a play-off place.
"I am delighted to have Billy with us, he knows the team and he knows Nottingham Forest very well," he said. "He did a wonderful job last season, even if we did not quite make it in the final game. But that is football.
"We will focus this time around from day one."
