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Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has visited the club for the first time this season, spending time with the staff and players over the past two days.

The Greek has taken time out of his busy schedule to meet with board members, senior staff, management and the first-team squad.

Marinakis, who bought Forest almost 18 months ago, visited the City Ground on Monday to meet with board members and senior staff.

He then visited the club's training ground earlier today to address academy staff members before sitting down with manager Aitor Karanka and the first-team squad.

With Forest having sold-out the stadium last Saturday, for the visit of Norwich City, it is likely he will be pleased with the recent response from Reds supporters, who have been turning out in numbers so far this season. The capacity crowd at the weekend saw one of Forest’s highest attendances in the last 15 years.

The Nottingham Post understands the key message Marinakis has relayed to staff at the club is to remind them that his, and the whole club’s, ambition is to fulfil the expectations of the fans by achieving success and rewarding their commitment to the club.

Karanka’s side have been beaten just twice in the Championship so far this term and will be looking to bounce back from the weekend’s defeat when they travel to face Bolton Wanderers on Wednesday night.