Nottingham Forest beat Tuesday's transfer deadline to complete deals for Ross McCormack and Zach Clough before Tuesday's transfer deadline.
McCormack agreed to join the club from Championship rivals Aston Villa for the remainder of the season.
The Scotland international striker cost Villa £12million in the summer but had fallen out with boss Steve Bruce.
Bruce said McCormack missed training and blamed the electric gates at his house, which the 30-year-old said would not open, and "couldn't jump over a fence that was four feet six inches high."
The former Leeds and Fulham striker had been training with the reserves and was allowed to link up with Forest after Villa completed a deal for Brentford striker Scott Hogan.