Nottingham Forest are reportedly interested in signing Brazil international Gustavo Scarpa this summer.
The 28-year-old has spent the last four-and-a-half years at back-to-back Copa Libertadores champions Palmeiras, playing the full 90 minutes in last year's extra-time win over fellow Brazilian side Flamengo. Scarpa is currently still in the middle of his season as the Brazilian league begins in April and ends in November.
Mainly deployed as an attacking midfielder or as a left winger, Scarpa has scored seven goals and assisted another seven across all competitions this calendar year. Back in February's Club World Cup final, he played the entire 120 minutes as Palmeiras lost to Chelsea.
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Brazilian media outlet UOL Esporte is reporting that the Reds and Olympiacos, both owned by Evangelos Marinakis, want the midfielder. They add that talks for the player have been opened by each club, though Palmeiras are apparently 'determined' to keep the player at the club until the end of this year.
That is despite Scarpa's contract expiring on New Year's Eve, meaning the one-cap Brazil international able to sign a pre-contract with clubs as of next month for a free transfer, with the player apparently keen on a move to Europe. His sole national team appearance for Brazil came back in January 2017 when Tite brought the then-Fluminense player on against Colombia in a fundraising friendly to raise money for the families of victims of the Chapecoense plane crash.
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