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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
Sport
Jake Bayliss

Former Nottingham Forest transfer chief 'in Ronaldo's sights'

Nottingham Forest’s former head of recruitment George Syrianos is reportedly the target of several clubs, two months after being sacked by Evangelos Marinakis.

The Reds brought in 22 players as part of a squad overhaul as the club prepared for their return to the Premier League. After a tough opening few weeks in the top-flight pressure began to grow on manager Steve Cooper, but in a dramatic turn of events he was handed a fresh contract after fan backlash to the speculation over his future.

Instead, it was Syrianos and head scout Andy Scott that were shown the exit door in early October. However, since an off-field shuffle that also saw Filippo Giraldi arrive as sporting director, Forest enjoyed an upturn in form with the team losing one of their last six games and the work that the recruitment team put in over the summer has seemingly not gone unnoticed..

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