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Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis is suing Crystal Palace in the High Court after fans of the south London club displayed a banner depicting him holding a gun to a player’s head.

Lawyers for Marinakis lodged the claim for defamation today, almost a year after the banner appeared at a Premier League fixture between the two clubs on 24 August 2025.

The banner depicted the Forest owner holding a gun to the head of the team’s captain Morgan Gibbs-White in a reference to the player’s U-turn over a transfer last summer. 

It also bore the words: “Mr Marinakis is not involved in blackmail, match-fixing, drug trafficking or corruption.”

Greek shipping magnate Marinakis has never been charged with any of the stated offences and has previously vigorously denied any allegations.

Looks like the fee is reported to be ~£5 million

Interesting that there are only ~5 starters going

• Walter Benítez
• Remi Matthews
• Lucca Benetton
• Joe Whitworth
• Rio Cardines
• Chris Richards
• Jaydee Canvot
• Tyrick Mitchell
• Borna Sosa
• Mofe Jemide
• George King
• Charlie Walker-Smith
• Tayo Adaramola
• Dean Benamar
• Daichi Kamada
• Justin Devenny
• Cheick Doucouré
• Will Hughes
• David Ozoh
• Ismaïla Sarr
• Romain Esse
• Matheus França
• Brennan Johnson
• Eddie Nketiah
• Joél Drakes-Thomas
• Jesurun Rak-Sakyi

Pretty huge marquee signing for Palace women. Similar vein as Granit Xhaka for Sunderland

Jaydee Canvot taking No. 6

Óscar Mingueza taking No. 30

Big shoes to fill for Canvot