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title: "Nottingham Forest: Reds interested in Ruben Vinagre"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/nottingham-ruben-vinagre-transfer-gossip-news/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Daniel Clubbe"
section: "Nottingham Forest News"
published: "2022-07-04T10:35:04Z"
modified: "2022-07-04T10:35:04Z"
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# Nottingham Forest: Reds interested in Ruben Vinagre

**[Nottingham Forest](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/nottingham-forest-news/) are interested in signing Sporting Lisbon full-back Ruben Vinagre, according to a report from [Record](https://www.record.pt/) (via [Sport Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/fulham-nottingham-forest-already-shown-interest-pl-switch-attractive-solution-player/)).**

### The lowdown: Career so far

A product of the [youth system](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ruben-vinagre/transfers/spieler/357158) at the Estadio Jose Alvalade, the Portugal youth international moved to Monaco as a teenager before making the [permanent switch](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ruben-vinagre/transfers/spieler/357158) to Wolves in 2018 following a [successful loan spell](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40670846) at the then-Championship outfit.

The 23-year-old has since spent time at Olympiacos and Famalicao whilst also making [70 first-team appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ruben-vinagre/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/357158) for the Old Gold.

Having only [just returned](https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/mens-first-team/20220701-vinagre-s-wolves-exit-becomes-permanent/) to Sporting after another temporary spell away from England, it appears as though Forest are among those attempting to bring Vinagre back to the [Premier League](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/).

### The latest: ‘Already shown interest’

As per [Record](https://www.record.pt/), transcribed by [Sport Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/fulham-nottingham-forest-already-shown-interest-pl-switch-attractive-solution-player/), Nottingham Forest and domestic rivals Fulham have both ‘already shown interest’ in signing the defender.

It’s also claimed that Turkish Super Lig outfit Fenerbahce are keen on signing Vinagre this summer, although a return to England is the ‘most attractive solution’ for the player, which could with in Forest’s favour.

Valued at £4.5m and under contract until 2026 ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ruben-vinagre/marktwertverlauf/spieler/357158)), the report makes no mention of a potential fee required to sign the man once hailed as [‘special’](https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2020/03/07/buno-wolves-ruben-vinagre-is-special/) by his former Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo.

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### The verdict: Tailor-made

[Equally adept](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ruben-vinagre/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/357158) as a conventional left-back and as a left-sided midfielder, Vinagre seems the ideal candidate to fit into Steve Cooper’s wing-back system at the City Ground and could be the perfect follow-up to the [arrival](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62026740) of French defender Giulian Biancone from Troyes.

Last season, the Portuguese starlet – who has won [five trophies](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ruben-vinagre/erfolge/spieler/357158) to date including the European Under-17 Championships – made [18 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ruben-vinagre/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/357158/plus/0?saison=2021&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=) across all competitions for Sporting, providing two assists whilst predominantly operating as a left winger.

At the right price for a player with [35 Premier League outings](https://www.premierleague.com/players/20171/R%C3%BAben-Vinagre/stats) under his belt, this is a move which would make an abundance of sense for Forest, with the [unoccupied left-back position](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/nottingham-forest/kader/verein/703) currently providing a major headache for Cooper.