Evangelos Marinakis has made believers of doubters at Nottingham Forest, with Jack Colback admitting he was skeptical of the owner's ambitious plans for Champions League qualification and major trophies. Marinakis, who took over in 2017, has guided Forest back to the Premier League and to the Europa League semi-finals, and now aims for silverware and a return to European elite.
Evangelos Marinakis has made believers of doubters at Nottingham Forest , with Jack Colback admitting to GOAL that he falls into that category as the enigmatic Greek looks to guide the Reds towards major trophies and Champions League qualification.
Those targets are expected to be hit, with the most ambitious of owners drawing up grand plans for the future.when completing a takeover of the then Championship outfit in May 2017. There was talk at that stage of five-year projects that would return Forest to where they believe they belong - among the elite.
, but top-flight football had been missing from Trentside since 1999 when Marinakis arrived in that part of the world - while no continental adventures had been enjoyed by two-time European Cup winners since 1996. Both of those boxes have now been ticked, with promotion into the Premier League being enjoyed in 2022 - just inside the initial five-year timescale.
Steve Cooper guided Forest to the big time, as play-off final glory was savoured at Wembley - with four more managers occupying the dugout since then, all of which A run to the Europa League semi-finals was enjoyed, as a 30-year wait for competitive football outside of England was brought to a close, having previously reached the last four of Carabao Cup and FA Cup competition. Too many relegation battles have been taken in for Marinakis’ liking since the Reds bounced back into the big time, with theCan Marinakis deliver silverware & Champions League to the City Ground?
: “I remember him talking about that when we’d just been promoted. As players you are kind of thinking ‘I’m not sure about that, it’s a bit early’. But he’s kind of backed it up - nearly got Champions League last season and got the Europa League, to the semi-finals, this season.
“I think they will recruit well again. You can’t stand still in the Premier League now, it’s ever-moving. I think the ambition can be Europe and beyond, winning trophies, it’s what the club deserves because it’s a fantastic club. ”Marinakis epitomises the 'Rebel City' mentality of Nottinghamand the Reds are considered to have the perfect leader at their helm - as the legendary ‘Rebel City’ mentality of Robin Hood is embraced in Nottingham.
Fans have fully bought into high hopes, along with those that grace the dressing room. Another former fan favourite, ex-Wales international striker Rob Earnshaw, has previously told- which always have the club’s best interests at heart: “When Mr Marinakis comes on the pitch and he’s greeting players in the tunnel, for me there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
“Also, in Greece, when you are the owner, you are entitled to go in the dressing room, to go on the pitch, it’s part of the game as you come and be part of it - you speak with the players and you are the man in the middle. As the owner, you get a better feeling of what’s going on inside the football club.
“I have no problem with it and think Mr Marinakis has done a fantastic job. He is of course very ruthless and very determined, very direct in his ways, but he has taken this football club - in the last five/six years - into where it should be, in the Premier League, playing in Europe and having big European nights, playing in the Premier League and having the chance to go to the Champions League.
Those moments are what every Forest fan wants to happen.
“I enjoy it. I enjoy him being involved. I think it’s been unbelievable and he deserves a lot of credit because he hasn’t just invested in the football club, he has fully invested himself in order to take the club to be successful. It has been a hell of a journey, a hell of a few years, but it wouldn’t be Forest if it was boring and we didn’t have personalities.
“Football is about personalities, so I love that. They shouldn’t just be sat there and you never hear from them in the box. They are part of the football club and their personality comes out. I’m all for that.
”at the City Ground - when it comes to arrivals and departures - with the intention being to ensure that head coach Vitor Pereira has a star-studded squadBally Bet has been on a mission to give long-serving grassroots players the recognition they have earned. Forest great Mark Crossley was set the challenge of compiling the first ever All-Stars Vets squad, made up from the real characters of the game in a celebration of everything that makes grassroots great.
Crossley was ably supported by other recognisable Forest faces as he set about assembling the Bally Bet All-Stars. The All-Stars were given the full Premier League treatment, swapping the recreation grounds for the City Ground, as they turned out against a team of hand-picked Forest legends on May 28.
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