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Nottingham Forest players wish Hillal Soudani good luck following Olympiacos move

Algeria's Hilal Soudani celebrates after scoring a goal during their WC2014 qualifying football match against Mali on Septenber 10, 2013 in Blida. ...
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The Algeria ace, whose time at the City Ground was hampered by injuries, has left the Championship club to link up with Greek giants Olympiacos.

Algeria's Hilal Soudani celebrates after scoring a goal during their WC2014 qualifying football match against Mali on Septenber 10, 2013 in Blida. Algeria won 1-0.    AFP PHOTO FAROUK...

Several Nottingham Forest players have taken to Twitter to wish Hillal Soudani all the best following the 31-year-old’s switch from the City Ground to Olympiacos.

The Algeria international had only been at the Championship club for one season, joining in the summer of 2018 from Dinamo Zagreb, a club for which he was prolific (86 goals and 54 assists from 196 appearances according to Transfermarkt).

Indeed, Soudani began brightly at Forest, scoring twice in his first four appearances, but unfortunately, injuries severely hampered his time at the club, and in the end he made just three starts from eight appearances, and only one start in the league (Transfermarkt).

On Tuesday, the Reds confirmed on their official website that the winger had joined the Greek giants – who are strengthening for a Superleague title bid after finishing second in the season just gone – for an undisclosed fee.

Soudani posted a short tweet in which he looked ahead to the new challenge:

And some of his now ex-teammates took to the social media platform to wish him good luck:

Forest are due to play Olympiacos – who are also owned by Evangelos Marinakis – at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium next month as part of their pre-season programme, so the players could be renewing acquaintances before too long.

Hillal Soudani of Nottingham Forest evades Lucas Akins of Burton Albion during the Carabao Cup Fourth Round match between Burton Albion and Nottingham Forest at Pirelli Stadium on October...