Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has been recognised for “a winning career dedicated to football”.
Marinakis received the European Golden Boy 2024 Career Award at a ceremony in Italy on Monday night for “a career dedicated to football, a winning career dedicated to football”, with organisers adding: “Evangelos Marinakis has won by making young talent flourish, which is why he receives the Golden Boy Career Award.”
The Reds said: “Congratulations to our owner, Evangelos Marinakis, on winning the Golden Boy Career Award.”
Marinakis was at the gala event to receive the award as a video montage capturing the unrivalled success he has enjoyed over many years with Olympiacos, culminating in last season’s historic Europa Conference League triumph for the Greek club, was played on a big screen inside the ceremony at the International Museum of the Automobile in Turin. Rather strangely, however, his successes so far at Forest were omitted from the film.
The Reds memorably won promotion back to the Premier League via the Championship play-offs under Marinakis’ ownership, lifting the trophy at Wembley, and they are now in the top-four of the Premier League. They have also claimed some famous wins on their return to the top-flight, beating Liverpool this season and Manchester United at Old Trafford earlier this month. But none of these moments were celebrated by the organisers.
Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal notably won the 2024 Golden Boy Award, given to the most promising young player in Europe.
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