According to reports, Nottingham Forest have set their asking price to sell backup goalkeeper John Victor this winter.

Since signing for Forest in summer 2025, Victor has never been more than a bit-player for the club.

After making just five Premier League appearances for the Reds, and not one appearance, in any competition, this season, the Brazilian is said to be eyeing a new chapter in his career.

Ekrem Konur has reported that the 30-year-old has now officially asked to leave the club, with Forest reportedly setting a roughly £4.5 million valuation to entertain offers.

It is easy to understand why Victor feels that now is the right time to leave Forest, as no European matches this season, as well as the free-agent signing of Steven Benda, leave him facing an uphill battle for minutes.

It is a very different situation now to the one he arrived to last season.

After impressing as an important player for Botafogo, Victor arrived on Trentside to relatively high hopes, but it quickly became clear that dislodging Matz Sels in the pecking order would be a tough task.

But, initially, he was reaping the benefits of playing for Forest, even if he was not actually... well, playing.

Last October and November, Victor was called up twice to the Brazilian national team, his first-ever senior international call-ups.

Although he was an unused substitute in all four friendlies, it was, nonetheless, a milestone moment in the shot-stopper's career, even though he had struggled for minutes at Forest.

But now, he has not played a single competitive minute for Forest since January, not helped by a knee injury which required surgery earlier this year.

Now, although he is fit and regularly on the bench for Forest, there is just no prospect of regular minutes for the Brazilian, barring an injury to Sels - a chance that Victor is unlikely willing to take.

At 30 years old, it is an important stage of his career, and it is understandable that he may want to take control of what is left of his playing career.

After all, even if something were to happen to Sels, it is likely that Forest would dip into the transfer market, when possible, to replace him, rather than promoting Victor on a long-term basis.

But if Victor does indeed depart, he would need to be replaced, unless Benda becomes deputy to Sels and an academy prospect takes the third-choice shirt.

However you look at it though, it is a disappointing situation to potentially be preparing to turn a loss on a signing from barely a year ago, whatever the reasons behind it.