Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis' son Miltiadis Marinakis played a huge role in the deal to sign Jesse Lingard.
The 29-year-old joined Steve Cooper's side after leaving Manchester United, rejecting a return to West Ham United.
Lingard has played all but one of Forest's Premier League games this season, but is yet to contribute to a goal or assist.
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A report from The Athletic has revealed the lengths Forest went to in order to clinch a deal.
Miltiadis is said to have started the move to sign the England international by inviting him to a Zoom meeting, with the club's ambitions laid out and the plan to have Lingard as the poster boy.
Coming across as 'ambitious, driven and absolutely determined to get his man', Miltiadis invited Lingard and his team to Greece where they were reportedly 'treated like kings'.
Three days in London followed and the deal was completed. Forest managed to fend off competition from West Ham, Newcastle and Fulham for their man.
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