Former Nottingham Forest director of football Kyriakos Dourekas says he "misses" working with owner Evangelos Marinakis despite making what he calls an "exciting" move to Saudi club Neom. Dourekas joined Forest in 2018 from Olympiacos – also owned by Marinakis – and spent five years at the City Ground. He helped oversee Forest's return to the Premier League in 2022 after a 23-year absence from the top flight. Now at Neom, Dourekas reflected on his time working under Marinakis. When I went there, I believed we could bring Nottingham Forest to the Premier League because I knew I had him as a leader."

Source: BBC January 21, 2026 21:38 UTC