Nottingham Forest pair Joao Carvalho and Hilal Soudani could reportedly end up moving to Greece this summer.
According to a report from The Sun on Sunday (9/6; page 61), Evangelos Marinakis could look to move some Nottingham Forest players to Olympiakos this summer, with Joao Carvalho and Hilal Soudani named as two of the players that could leave the City Ground.
The Sun on Sunday claims that Marinakis is keen to bolster Olympiakos’ ranks and improve the funds available to Martin O’Neill ahead of his first full season in charge of the Championship side.
The report (9/6; page 61) claims that Carvalho could earn Forest £15 million, and Soudani could be amongst the fringe players to make the move during the coming months.
Carvalho showed glimpses of his outstanding quality during his first year with Forest. O’Neill appeared reluctant to start the Portuguese following his appointment – much to the frustration of supporters – but showed more faith in the 22-year-old in the final weeks of the season, and he proved himself by ending the campaign with eight assists.
Soudani was barely seen this past season, making just one start and appearing another five times from the bench in the Championship. He did score twice.
While Soudani’s departure may not hurt Forest, Carvalho looks to be the kind of player that could be devastating if he is given a proper chance to be the side’s talisman.
And if he does leave and hand O’Neill’s transfer kitty a £15 million boost, the Forest boss will arguably be under a fair amount of pressure to make the right moves in the market to make up for his departure.
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