Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis reportedly has a 'verbal agreement in place' to sign attacking midfielder James Rodríguez for Olympiacos.
The former Everton attacking midfielder is currently playing for Qatar-based side Al-Rayyan but now looks set to be leaving on loan, just under a year after arriving from Merseyside. James has only made 15 appearances during that time ahead of a proposed return to Europe.
A one-time Real Madrid galactico, the Colombia international has also previously represented Porto, Monaco and Bayern Munich, with fellow Marinakis-owned side Olympiacos looking set to be added to that list sooner rather than later, having already signed former teammate Marcelo on a free transfer.
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Transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano is reporting that a loan move has been verbally agreed for James to join. The Greek transfer window closes on Thursday, and it is claimed a move for should be completed today (Wednesday) before the deadline.
Some Reds fans are now allowing themselves to dream about a return to the Premier League for the 31-year-old. Here is a selection of the social media reaction to these transfer reports.
Lewis Vaughan-Jones: Can’t wait for Forest to sign him on loan in January
Chris Rose: Go on then Marinakis, loan him to Forest
Dicky: Can’t wait to see him Trentside in January
Ian Pidgeon: Be a nice loan to Forest later.
Nathan Stanton: Welcome to Nottingham Forest
Rio Beare: He’ll be at Forest in January then
Isaac: Looks like Forest are getting a new player in January
Liam Henshaw: Marinakis is at it again.
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