FOREST COMPLETE SIGNING OF ODYSSEAS VLACHODIMOS
Nottingham Forest is delighted to announce the signing of Greek international Odysseas Vlachodimos from Benfica.
The goalkeeper has signed a four-year deal which keeps him at The City Ground until at least the summer of 2027.
Vlachodimos, 29, arrives having been an ever-present as Benfica won their 38th Portuguese league title last season, keeping 21 clean sheets in 34 league appearances.
The shot-stopper, born in Germany, came through the ranks at Stuttgart, playing 68 times for the German club’s second team before joining Panathinaikos in 2016.
After a two-year spell with Panathinaikos, Vlachodimos moved to Portugal and went on to make 225 appearances across all competitions for Benfica, winning two league titles in Portugal as well as two Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira titles.
The goalkeeper arrives on Trentside having made just shy of 500 career appearances for both club and country, and becomes Forest’s X signing of the summer.
Forest’s Chief Football Officer, Ross Wilson said: “We are pleased to welcome Odysseas to Nottingham Forest.
“He is very talented and brings an abundance of experience with him, and he will add real competition to our goalkeeping department.”
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Tottenham pulled the plug on late approach for ‘lightning-quick’ forward
Tottenham Hotspur are expected to seal a big deal before the transfer window shuts at 11pm BST.
Mokbel has reported that Brennan Johnson is now a Spurs player, with an announcement expected later tonight.
It caps off a good transfer window for Tottenham, who have bolstered their ranks considerably.
And with Harry Kane having left Spurs, it’s good to have another attacking reinforcement through the N17 doors.
Prior to Tottenham’s intense pursuit of Johnson, Tottenham were heavily linked with Gent’s Gift Orban.
All Nigeria Soccer has now reported that Spurs pulled the plug on a move for the Belgium-based striker as they opted to focus on Johnson instead.
‘The Lilywhites tested the waters regarding the signing of Orban, having opened a line of communication with the player’s camp,’ they wrote.
‘But did not firm up their interest by making an official bid to Gent.’
Our view
Orban is not a bad player, far from it. However, Johnson is Premier League proven and he’s a lot more likely to hit the ground running for Spurs than Orban.
That said, it’s worth seeing how the 21-year-old continues to fare over the coming months. If he continues to shine for Gent, who knows whether there could be a January move on the cards?
The 21-year-old has been deemed a ‘lightning-quick’ striker with ‘no shortage of desirable qualities for a forward’, and ‘one of Europe’s hottest football commodities‘.
Orban is certainly a player to watch and, further down the line, he’s likely to once again feature prominently with regards to transfer speculation.
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