NOTTINGHAM FOREST owner Evangelos Marinakis’ summer transfer policy will be based on manager Steve Cooper and CEO Dane Murphy’s needs.
SunSport understand Marinakis is planning a major investment after Forest sealed promotion to the Premier League by beating Huddersfield 1-0 on Sunday’s play-off final at Wembley.
The Greek businessman is going to be working closely with Cooper and Murphy ahead of the summer transfer window and will rely heavily on their preferred targets.
SunSport understand the 54-year-old and his son Miltiadis, who has been involved in the day-to-day running of the club since the start of the season, recently met with the team’s CEO and manager at the training ground in Wilford Lane.
They held a meeting to discuss what the team needs ahead of its Premier League return.
Marinakis is expected to splash over £2million on the club’s training pitches, which will be renovated “from scratch” before next season.
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The Olympiacos owner will also invest over £3.5m on the academy’s building.
SunSport understand those plans were actually decided before Forest sealed promotion from the Championship last week.
Marinakis has placed plenty of faith on Cooper, who put together an incredible comeback that ended Nottingham’s 23-year exile from the top tier ever since his arrival in September.
He is used to giving freedom to talented managers as he did the same at Olympiacos with Ernesto Valverde, Michel and current boss Pedro Martins.
That has proven to be a successful recipe as it helped Olympiacos win 10 titles during his 12-year reign in charge of the Piraeus giants.
The Greek champions have also made it out of the group stage of a major European competition 10 times in 11 attempts under Marinakis.
