Evangelos Marinakis 'personally involved' in Nottingham Forest 'masterstroke' - Expert
Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis played a "masterstroke" by getting Manchester City to pay for Elliot Anderson up front this summer.
That is according to former Everton chief executive Keith Wyness, speaking exclusively to Football Insider, who believes that the Greek businessman has avoided huge problems for his club.
Anderson's move to the Etihad Stadium for weeks over the summer, with Marinakis holding out for all of the £116million to be paid up front.
Wyness believes that Marinakis deserves huge praise for his foresight, given that City are now facing a possible relegation from the Premier League.
Enzo Maresca's side have been found guilty of 114 financial charges and are facing compensation claims from several other Premier League sides.
However, Forest are safe in the knowledge that they have already got what they deserved for Anderson, regardless of what happens to City from now on.
Evangelos Marinakis proven right
Everton’s former chief Wyness – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – believes that Marinakis has already been proven right over his hard stance on Anderson.
The Forest chief rejected several proposals from the Citizens before he finally gave in and accepted a sale on his own terms.
Speaking on the latest edition of Football Insider's Inside Track podcast, Wyness was keen to praise Marinakis for his move.
"It's been a masterstroke from Mr Marinakis. He's done very well in that one. I believe he was very involved personally in that transfer, and he struck a very good deal," he said.
"What you've got to do is you've got to price in the credit risk in all of these things. When you look at the City situation for Anderson, I suppose Marinakis was thinking like a bank would think if you were going in for a loan and you had a court date coming up, then your ability to pay may not be so good.
"At these big level deals, you've got to price in that credit risk. And that's something that he's done very well. And he's been proven to be correct because no one still knows what could happen with Man City."
Oliver Glasner 'thrown under the bus'
Former Manchester United chief scout Mick Brown told Football Insider earlier this week that he feels manager Oliver Glasner has been "thrown under the bus" at Forest.
The Austrian is already under growing pressure at the City Ground, with his side still without a goal in their five home games so far this season.
Brown believes that Forest simply haven't supplied the new boss with enough firepower at the top of the pitch, and pointed out that they are not consistent enough in front of goal.
He feels that Glasner could soon pay the price for that transfer failure, when it reality, the team are performing well in most games.