Nottingham Forest have announced that Nicholas Ioannou has left the club permanently to join Italian second-tier side Como.
The 26-year-old spent the entirety of last season on loan at the Serie B side, making 31 appearances in all. Ioannou had also spent the second half of the previous campaign on loan in the Greek Super League with Aris Thessaloniki.
A 17-cap Cyprus international, the defender has featured twice for the Reds this summer during their pre-season preparations for the Premier League season. The first of those came out in Spain against Coventry City, and what turned out to be his final outing in Garibaldi came against Burton Albion.