Nottingham Forest Tipped to Offload £17M Players to Olympiacos

Nottingham Forest presented its retained list for the men's first team for next season a few days ago, which includes winger Jota Silva and center-back David Carmo. Both are tipped to sign for Olympiacos.

Regarding Silva, 26, insider Nikos Kotsis revealed that the Portuguese appears as a real option for head coach Jose Luis Mendilibar's team to reinforce the attack, with the coming days referred to as "key," as "the striker will not stay in England."

According to Nottingham Post, Silva was very close to signing for Sporting CP on loan with a £13 million purchase option, but the deal collapsed at the last minute due to an administrative error, and the winger ended up signing for Besiktas.

Now, according to the latest transfer talk, it seems that both clubs could take advantage of Evangelos Marinakis's ownership to facilitate a transfer of a player who is not in Forest's plans, in a position that their Greek counterpart wishes to reinforce.

Regarding Carmo, 26, according to Nottingham Post, a return to Olympiacos "is said to be a possibility," after already spending two seasons in Greece, including the campaign in which the club was crowned UEFA Conference League champion. The same report says that the native of Aveiro is keen on returning to Piraeus.

A couple of weeks ago, TransferFeed also reported that Carmo could return to the Karaiskakis Stadium.

They explained, "David Carmo is likely to join Olympiacos for a third spell on loan, as he belongs to Nottingham Forest. Last season, Carmo was not included in the roster of the English club and was loaned to Spanish club Oviedo, which was relegated to La Liga 2."

According to Transfermarkt, the Angolan center-back has a market value of 5 million euros (around £4.3 million).

Silva played 22 matches for Besiktas in the 2025-26 season, scoring four goals. Carmo, for his part, played 22 matches for Real Oviedo in the 2025-26 season in LaLiga, scoring one goal.

It is also worth mentioning that Olympiacos is considering other alternatives for both positions. Recently, regarding the winger position, there has been a lot of talk about Girona winger Joel Roca.

At center-back, the latest reports indicate that the Greek club has a very advanced agreement with Las Palmas defender Mikel Mármol, who is also a Barcelona academy graduate.

Thrylos is a team that tends to be linked with many players, and it is not because those are false rumors, but because their operations are generally low-cost, so they have to assess many alternatives. We will see over the coming days whether more certainty and updated reports emerge on the matter.