Striker Apostolos Vellios has a message for Nottingham Forest fans as they head into the summer.
The 27-year-old has been on loan at Belgian club Waasland-Beveren this season, having fallen down the pecking order at the City Ground.
He has made 17 appearances for Beveren, scoring four goals, though last featured on March 17 in a 4-3 loss at St Liege – and last found the back of the net in December.
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It had seemed unlikely that he had a future with the Reds while Aitor Karanka was still in charge.
And while there might still be some doubt that anything will have changed under Martin O’Neill, as the Forest boss looks to trim a top-heavy squad, Vellios will no doubt hope to now get another chance in the Garibaldi.
He posted a picture on Instagram of himself in action for the Reds, writing: “Can’t wait to wear my red jersey again. See you in June @officialnffc.”
The Greek forward was included in Forest’s retained list, which was announced earlier this week.
He is one of 32 first-team players contracted beyond June 2019, having penned a four-year deal when he made the move to Trentside from Greek team Iraklis Thessaloniki in June 2016.
In total, he has played 45 games for the Reds, scoring eight goals.
His last runout for the club came on the final day of the 2017/18 campaign, when he came off the bench in the 3-2 defeat at Bolton Wanderers.
