Nottingham Forest have eased off the market talk around Cuiabano, with fresh details from Brazil showing the club are focusing on an internal plan before making any calls on his future.
According to Globo Esporte, Nottingham Forest currently have no interest in selling the left-back and want to deal with his situation step by step.
The shift is important. Until now, the discussion revolved around loans, rejected approaches and even a possible sale. Now the emphasis is elsewhere.
Cuiabano is working with Nottingham Forest’s Under-21 group, not because of technical doubts, but because he is still catching up physically. The senior squad are in full mid-season rhythm, and Forest want him at the same level before anything else happens.
The story says the Nottingham Forest plan is to intensify his physical work, then reassess. Only after that will they decide whether he stays around the first team or moves on. Any transfer, including a potential switch within Evangelos Marinakis’ ownership network, comes later in the process.
Nottingham Forest want to pause… for now
Back in Brazil, Botafogo remain alert. The club keep informal contact with Nottingham Forest and still hold 30% of Cuiabano’s economic rights, which ensures they stay part of the conversation. His representatives see a return to Brazil as attractive for playing time, even though the player himself remains committed to pushing his career forward in Europe.
The same report also cools talk of Vasco da Gama. Despite their interest, sources around Botafogo believe the Nottingham Forest stance, combined with existing ownership relationships and Botafogo’s retained share, makes a cross-Rio de Janeiro move very unlikely.
For now, the Premier League club have taken Cuiabano off the market. Fitness comes first, assessment comes next, and only then will decisions follow. Until that happens, everything else sits firmly in the background.
