Nottingham Forest transfer news: Callum Hudson-Odoi, Nicolas Dominguez, Odysseas Vlachodimos, Nuno Tavares join Forest
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Callum Hudson-Odoi spent last season on loan with Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen and played in the Champions League
Nottingham Forest have signed Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi as they completed deals for four players on deadline day.
Hudson-Odoi, 22, who has three caps for England, moves to Forest on a three-year deal for a fee of under £5m after making 156 appearances for the Blues.
Forest also signed midfielder Nicolas Dominguez from Bologna and goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos from Benfica.
Arsenal full-back Nuno Tavares moved to the City Ground on season-long loan.
Forest are on the verge of signing Belgium forward Divock Origi, 28, on loan with an option to buy from AC Milan.
Hudson-Odoi spent last season on loan at Bayer Leverkusen, with Forest beating Fulham to the signing, having made a total of 156 appearances for Chelsea.
"It's massive for me to be here and I can't wait to get started. It's a new chapter for me," he said.
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Hudson-Odoi spent 16 years at Chelsea but his career at Stamford Bridge never lived up to the early potential, and he last played for the Blues in March 2022.
Portuguese Tavares, 23, joined Arsenal from Benfica in an £8m deal in 2021 but now heads to the City Ground.
He spent last season on loan at Marseille, scoring six goals in 31 Ligue 1 games as OM finished third in the table.
"Forest is an historic club which won two European Cups and to be part of it makes me really happy," said Tavares.
"I'm really happy to stay in the Premier League as it's the best league in the world and I'm thankful to Forest for giving me that opportunity."
Tavares has 16 caps for the Portugal Under-21 team
The new quartet take Forest's summer signings up to 10, following the arrivals of Anthony Elanga, Matt Turner, Ola Aina, Andrey Santos, Gonzalo Montiel and Murillo.
Dominguez, who has played 11 times for Argentina, spent three and a half years playing in Serie A for Bologna after moving from Velez Sarsfield.
The 25-year-old has signed a five-year deal while Forest's Swiss midfielder Remo Freuler went the opposite way to Bologna.
Dominguez said: "I watched the game Forest played against Sheffield United [a 2-1 win on 18 August]. I saw the fans in the stadium and it attracted me. I'm over the moon."
As Dominguez comes in, Freuler heads in the opposite direction to Bologna after barely a year in the Premier League.
The 31-year-old joined Forest from Atalanta in August 2022 and returns to Serie A perhaps sooner than intended.
Forest described the deal as permanent, while Bologna said it was a loan with an option to buy in the future.
Nicolas Dominguez joins Forest on a permanent deal, with Remo Freuler going the other way on loan
Greece international Vlachodimos has signed a four-year deal which keeps him at Forest until at least the summer of 2027.
Vlachodimos was an ever-present for Benfica last season as they won their 38th Portuguese league title, and kept 21 clean sheets in 34 league appearances.
The 29-year-old has been capped 33 times for Greece and is expected to challenge Turner, who has started all four of Forest's games so far this season, to be the club's first-choice goalkeeper.
Forest's chief football officer, Ross Wilson said: "We are pleased to welcome Odysseas to Nottingham Forest.
"He is very talented and brings an abundance of experience with him, and he will add real competition to our goalkeeping department."