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Nottingham Forest announce Odysseas Vlachodimos signing from Benfica

Nottingham Forest announce Odysseas Vlachodimos signing from Benfica
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Nottingham Forest confirm the signing of Greek international goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos on a four-year deal from Benfica.

Nottingham Forest have completed the permanent signing of Greek goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos from Benfica.

The 29-year-old has put pen to paper on a four-year deal at the City Ground and leaves Benfica after keeping 94 clean sheets in 225 matches for the Portuguese giants.

Vlachodimos arrives in Nottingham to challenge Matt Turner for the number one spot after a deal for former loanee Dean Henderson - who is now on the books at Crystal Palace - fell through.

"We are pleased to welcome Odysseas to Nottingham Forest," Forest's chief football officer Ross Wilson told the club's website. "He is very talented and brings an abundance of experience with him, and he will add real competition to our goalkeeping department."

Vlachodimos came through the Stuttgart academy and also represented Panathinaikos before joining Benfica, where he won two Primeira Liga titles and helped the Eagles reach the Champions League quarter-finals in each of the last two seasons.

The Greece international kept 21 clean sheets en route to his second top-flight title in the 2022-23 season, but he was dropped from the Eagles' squad earlier this summer following an alleged falling-out with head coach Roger Schmidt.

A move to Manchester United was thought to be on the cards at one stage, but the Red Devils instead signed Altay Bayindir from Fenerbahce, giving Forest a clear run at Vlachodimos's signature.

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