Konstantinos Mavropanos has a “good future” in football, according to his former manager.
The Arsenal centre-back has been in January, with reports in Greece claiming Olympiacos are also keen.
Mavropanos has made just eight senior appearances for the Gunners since joining them two years ago – but former manager Unai Emery backed him for success down the line.
He was a relative unknown when signed in a £2m deal, and fans are still yet to see what he can truly offer.
Could a loan deal to Forest be the ideal stepping stone to showcase his talent in English football?
Here’s what previous boss Emery, who has since been dismissed at the Emirates, told the Evening Standard about Mavropanos earlier this year.
“Papa [Sokratis] is close to Mavropanos and I think he is a good example and can tell him about his experiences to use for him to grow up and improve,” said Emery.
“Mavropanos I think he has a big mentality, his mindset was every day to work to improve his fitness and every training session he showed us what we wanted.
“We want to give him the opportunity to train and sometimes to play because I think he has a good future.
“He started playing last year and started with us in pre-season but after he was injured. He had a lot of time out of the team and now he is training consistently and played at Watford and Palace and for the last matches we can use him to help us with some big performances.”
