{"id":577996,"date":"2021-01-08T14:30:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T19:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=577996"},"modified":"2021-12-27T12:01:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T17:01:39","slug":"nottingham-forest-nicholas-ioannou-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/08\/nottingham-forest-nicholas-ioannou-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest Defender Nicholas Ioannou Completes Loan Move to Greek Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/08\/nottingham-forest-secure-loan-extension-for-anthony-knockaert\/\" target=\"_self\">Nottingham Forest<\/a> defender Nicholas Ioannou has completed a loan move to Greek side Aris Thessaloniki.<\/p>\n<h2>Nicholas Ioannou Completes Loan Move to Greek Side<\/h2>\n<h3>Playing Time Limited Under Chris Hughton<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ioannou departs on loan \ud83e\udd1d<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NFFC<\/a> can confirm that Nicholas Ioannou has left the club to join Greek side <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARIS__FC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ARIS__FC<\/a> on loan until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The club would like to wish Nicholas the best of luck for the rest of the 2020-21 season.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFFC\/status\/1347618643618754560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Forest defender Nicholas <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/12\/27\/report-greek-side-transfer-moves-nottingham-forest\/\" target=\"_self\">Ioannou<\/a> will join Aris Thessaloniki on loan until the end of the season, the club has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>In a brief statement the Reds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottinghamforest.co.uk\/news\/2021\/january\/ioannou-departs-on-loan\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said:<\/a> &#8220;Nottingham Forest can confirm that Nicholas Ioannou has left the club to join Greek side Aris Thessaloniki on loan until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The club would like to wish Nicholas the best of luck for the rest of the 2020-21 season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ioannou has found playing time rather limited since arriving as one of 14 players in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Joining from Cypriot side APOEL, the former <a href=\"\/football\/category\/manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> youth player&#8217;s most recent appearance was a 1-1 draw at <a href=\"\/football\/tag\/luton-town\/\" target=\"_self\">Luton Town<\/a> &#8211; when he was sent-off.<\/p>\n<p>Forest boss <a href=\"\/football\/tag\/chris-hughton\/\" target=\"_self\">Chris Hughton<\/a> has previously spoken about the intention to send Ioannou out on-loan.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Nottinghamshire Live ahead of Forest&#8217;s FA Cup tie with Cardiff City, and prior to the confirmed loan move, Hughton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottinghampost.com\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/boss-makes-nottingham-forest-transfer-4866365\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said:<\/a> &#8220;It&#8217;s never for me to speak about individual clubs, but what I can say is we have spoken to Ioannou about the possibility of going out &#8211; going out on loan and playing games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That is something we are actively trying to do, but it&#8217;s not my responsibility to name clubs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The loan move allows Ioannou to continue getting regular playing time, something that was looking ever so unlikely with <a href=\"\/football\/tag\/yuri-ribeiro\" target=\"_self\">Yuri Riberio<\/a>&#8216;s permanent adoption of the left-back position.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/football\/category\/huddersfield-town\/\" target=\"_self\">Huddersfield Town<\/a> were reportedly interested, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nottmtails\/status\/1347619326115926019?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Taylor of The Athletic<\/a>, but the Reds have opted against sending one of their own to another Championship rival.<\/p>\n<h3>One In One Out<\/h3>\n<p>The loan move is Forest&#8217;s second move so far in the January transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today (January 8) the Reds confirmed an <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/08\/nottingham-forest-secure-loan-extension-for-anthony-knockaert\/\" target=\"_self\">extended loan deal<\/a> for winger <a href=\"\/football\/tag\/anthony-knockaert\/\" target=\"_self\">Anthony Knockaert<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old&#8217;s previous loan deal, until January, gave Nottingham Forest the option to buy. 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