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Nottingham Forest have signed Aston Villa full-back Alex Moreno on a season-long mortgage with a view to a everlasting deal.
Moreno joined Villa from Actual Betis in January 2023 and has made a complete of 40 Premier League appearances for Unai Emery’s males, together with 21 final season.
He began 11 occasions final time period however spent most of his time as a backup to Lucas Digne, who made 27 begins as Emery’s workforce completed fourth to safe Champions League qualification.
He turns into Forest’s eighth signing of the present switch window, after Elliot Anderson, Nikola Milenkovic, Ramon Sosa, Jota Silva, Marko Stamenic, Carlos Miguel and Eric da Silva Moreiro.
Forest’s chief soccer officer Ross Wilson mentioned: “Alex is a participant we’ve had a long-standing curiosity in so we’re naturally all very pleased to see him arrive at Nottingham Forest.
“He has amassed vital expertise in LaLiga and the Premier League, and he brings all of that high quality and expertise to our group now.”
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— Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) August 21, 2024