Story byReport: Nottingham Forest considering move to sign Liverpool defenderEPL IndexThu, January 22, 2026 at 2:50 PM UTC·3 min readNottingham Forest reassess left back options as January pragmatism sets inThere is a quiet honesty to Nottingham Forest’s latest recalibration. As reported by The Athletic, the club are open to allowing Cuiabano to leave on loan before the end of January, a decision that speaks less to failure than to timing, opportunity, and the realities of squad building under pressure. Photo IMAGOAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementCuiabano arrived last summer as part of a Botafogo trio, alongside Igor Jesus and Jair Cunha, each representing a bet on potential as much as readiness. Yet while the Brazilian left back featured for the B team against Paris Saint-Germain on Monday night, he remains unused at first team level.