NOTTINGHAM FOREST owner Evangelos Marinakis is now looking around Italy for a club to join his empire.
The super-rich Greek already has Forest and giants Olympiakos in his homeland — but his advisers are scouting for anything that comes up in Serie A.
Marinakis has the money to pull off a deal and there could be clubs at a price that suits.
The only snag in the plan is if any of his teams meet in Europe in future.
New Forest sporting director Ross Wilson could coordinate group moves.
It comes as Marinakis publicly backs promotion-winning manager Steve Cooper in a tight relegation fight.
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Third-bottom Forest will move out of the drop zone if they avoid home defeat against Manchester United on Sunday.
But Marinakis is said to have sounded out ex-Sevilla and Argentina boss Jorge Sampaoli.
However, the former Chile and Marseille chief took over Brazilian giants Flamengo on Friday.
Marinakis’ commitment to Forest has never been doubted.
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And in March last year he reportedly turned £12million worth of loans to the club into equity shares.
That in effect erased Forest’s debt to the shipowner, 55.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
