Loaned to Nottingham Forest in the summer after a rollercoaster of a loan spell at Marseille, Nuno Tavares was hoping to get the Premier League football he so desired.
However, despite the Tricky Trees paying over €1m for the deal, he struggled to first convince Steve Cooper, starting a trend that has continued since the arrival of Nuno Espírito Santo.
Therefore, there has been talk his deal with Nottingham Forest could be cut short for him to be sent elsewhere, which is what Marseille are working on late on in the transfer window, hoping to bring him back, according to L’Equipe.
The French newspaper look at what the Ligue 1 side are doing in the latter stages of January, which is to primarily focus on signing a left-back.
They have tried a number of names, but it’s said that their ‘priority target’ now is the Nottingham Forest loanee, whom they know well from his spell at the club last year.
While he did start strongly, scoring for fun and providing a strong attacking threat, it all collapsed in the second half of the campaign, when he seemingly fell out with then manager Igor Tudor, who is no longer there.
The Croatian has since been replaced by Gennaro Gattuso, whose style of play could suit the Nottingham Forest man down to a T, which is one of the reasons why Marseille are going after him again.
The second is the fact he is the ‘simplest’ deal to pull off late on in the transfer window, with it most likely being another loan, although they have also made enquiries about Bradley Locko and Angeliño.
