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In summer 2006 Rovers turned down initial bids from Agogo from [[Football League Championship|Championship]] side [[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]] and [[Football League One|League One]] side [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]]<ref name="Southend">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/5207420.stm|title=Southend bid for Agogo rejected|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=14 June 2008|date=24 July 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822215329/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/5207420.stm|archive-date=22 August 2006|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/nottm_forest/4787611.stm|title=Rovers reject Forest Agogo offer|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=14 June 2008|date=15 August 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060825235253/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/nottm_forest/4787611.stm|archive-date=25 August 2006|url-status=live}}</ref> Agogo had a clause in his contract allowing him to speak to other clubs if an acceptable bid was made.<ref name="Southend"/> On 30 August 2006 the transfer to Forest was completed for an undisclosed fee, with Agogo signing a three-year contract.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/nottm_forest/5290450.stm|title=Forest complete signing of Agogo|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=14 June 2008|date=30 August 2006}}</ref> In September 2006 he made his league debut for Forest as a sub in a 4–0 home win against [[Chesterfield F.C.|Chesterfield]]. He scored seven league goals over the season, with his first on 30 September 2006 against [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]] in a 3–1 win.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 November 2006 |title=WHO IS JUNIOR AGOGO? |url=https://www.modernghana.com/sports/120044/who-is-junior-agogo.html |access-date=26 July 2022 |website=Modern Ghana |language=}}</ref>
On 22 September 2007 Agogo scored his first goals of the [[2007–08 Football League|2007–08 season]], a hat-trick in a 4–0 win over [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]] – the first of his career. He netted two long-range strikes that season with a 35-yard lob of the goalkeeper in Forest's 3–0 win at [[Yeovil Town F.C.|Yeovil Town]] and a 25-yard effort in Forest's 4–1 success against [[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]]. However, Agogo scored only three goals after his return from the [[2008 Africa Cup of Nations]], one of which was against [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]] at Brisbane Road. He finished as Forest's top-scorer that season with thirteen goals, helping the club gain automatic promotion to the [[Football League Championship|Championship]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Ghanaian forward Junior Agogo dies at 40 |url=https://www.si.com/soccer/2019/08/22/junior-agogo-former-ghana-nottingham-forest-and-bristol-rovers-forward-passes-away-aged-40 |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Sports Illustrated |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Agogo undecided over Forest future |url=https://www.ghanafa.org/agogo-undecided-over-forest-future |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Ghana Football Association |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
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