{"id":568721,"date":"2020-10-05T18:07:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T22:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=568721"},"modified":"2020-10-05T18:07:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T22:07:07","slug":"cafu-joins-nottingham-forest-on-season-long-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/10\/05\/cafu-joins-nottingham-forest-on-season-long-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Cafu Joins Nottingham Forest on Season-Long Loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nottingham Forest have signed defensive midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/85322440\/Cafu\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cafu<\/a> on a season-long loan deal from Olympiacos.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old joins the Reds after a successful spell in Greece, where he won the Super League and Greek Football Cup.<\/p>\n<h2>Nottingham Forest Sign Cafu From Olympiacos<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\ude4d\ud835\ude5a\ud835\ude59\ud835\ude68 \ud835\ude61\ud835\ude56\ud835\ude63\ud835\ude59 \ud835\ude3e\ud835\ude56\ud835\ude5b\ud835\ude6a \ud83d\udc4a<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NFFC<\/a> are delighted to announce the signing of Cafu from Greek champions <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/olympiacosfc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@olympiacosfc<\/a> on a season-long loan deal!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFFC\/status\/1313229992499777544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Cafu Arrives on Season-Long Loan<\/h3>\n<p>For an <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/10\/04\/i-hope-i-am-sabri-lamouchi-on-nottingham-forest-future\/\" target=\"_self\">under-pressure Sabri Lamouchi<\/a>, this could be a top addition to his squad. Cafu has had numerous amounts of success throughout his career, and he&#8217;ll be hoping to propel Forest up the Championship table.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his success in Greece, the 27-year-old also won the Ekstraklasa twice and Polish Cup during his time at Legia Warsaw.<\/p>\n<p>Cafu has earned 27 Portugal caps at youth level and has experience in both the Europa League and Champions League.<\/p>\n<h3>What Forest Need<\/h3>\n<p>Forest have had a dreadful start to the new Championship season. Lamouchi&#8217;s side have lost all four league games, scoring just once and conceding seven goals along the way.<\/p>\n<p>The arrival of Cafu should add protection to the defence, while also providing chances from the deeper area of midfield.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old has scored 18 goals and provided 15 assists from 204 appearances throughout his career, and he&#8217;ll be looking to add to those in Nottinghamshire.<\/p>\n<h3>Departures<\/h3>\n<p>Although Cafu has joined, Forest have allowed two players to leave the club. <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/8309b068\/Yohan-Benalouane\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yohan Benalouane<\/a> has left Forest by mutual consent while <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/909222de\/Nuno-da-Costa\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nuno Da Costa<\/a> has joined Belgian side Royal Excel Mouscron on a season-long loan.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_Yv8EmI_SIFndfTT5NU5Ag\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1030861982\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'_Yv8EmI_SIFndfTT5NU5Ag',sig:'bRJ2Bh8XxRPra8KmAFlbym-_N1wXVso4CEwpbCjpXgY=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'1030861982',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nottingham Forest have signed defensive midfielder Cafu on a season-long loan deal from Olympiacos. The 27-year-old joins the Reds after a successful spell in Greece, where he won the Super League and Greek Football Cup. 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