{"id":287590,"date":"2023-08-23T21:40:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T21:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=287590"},"modified":"2023-08-23T21:40:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T21:40:23","slug":"nottingham-forest-complete-shock-loan-signing-of-world-cup-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/nottingham-forest-complete-shock-loan-signing-of-world-cup-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest complete shock loan signing of World Cup winner"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nottingham Forest have announced the loan signing of Argentina World Cup-winning full-back Gonzalo Montiel from Sevilla.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old scored the decisive penalty as his country beat France in the 2022 World Cup final and also netted the winning spot-kick in last season’s Europa League final.<\/p>\n
Montiel has moved to the City Ground on a season-long loan deal which could become a permanent move next year.<\/p>\n
‘I’m really happy to have joined this club,’ he said.<\/p>\n
‘I’m coming here full of expectations, of getting to play and showing what I can do.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Gonzalo Montiel scored the winning penalty as Sevilla won the Europa League final<\/p>\n
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Montiel had also scored the decisive penalty in the World Cup final shoot-out for Argentina<\/p>\n
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The\u00a026-year-old joins Nottingham Forest on loan with the option to make the move permanent<\/p>\n
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‘I’m also hungry to win things, to win trophies, now’s the time to show this.<\/p>\n
‘I’ve been watching the Premier League since I was child, I used to watch every game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘As a player you want to play in the best league, and the Premier League is just that.’<\/p>\n
Montiel becomes Steve Cooper’s fifth major signing of the summer and follows Chris Wood, Ola Aina, Anthony Elanga and Matt Turner in joining the club.<\/p>\n
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