Chaotic instability is the closest thing Nottingham Forest have to a strategy under Evangelos Marinakis, fundamentally dependent on the whims of his impulsive and impatient billionaire id. On 12 February 2024, Forest were 16th, while a year later they were third. In 2026, they sit 17th. They spent more last summer than Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain, including 11 permanent first-team signings and two loanees, the fourth consecutive pre-season window they had brought in nine players or more.