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Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis is confident his team is more 'balanced' this season after gaining vital Premier League experience during the last campaign. 

Forest picked up their first victory of the new season on Friday after beating Sheffield United 2-1 at the City Ground. 

The multi-billionaire shipping and media mogul spoke to Mail Sport following the conclusion of the UEFA Supercup that was hosted in Athens on Wednesday.

Marinakis also owns Greek giants Olympiacos and took time to sit down after Manchester City's victory over Sevilla to discuss Forests' ambitions in the English top-flight. 

Forest brought in 30 new players last summer in what was a mass overhaul of Steve Cooper's side as the manager sought to develop a squad capable of competing in the Premier League. 

This transfer window has seen the club adopt a new approach with more outgoings than incomings so far and Marinakis is confident with how the squad is coming together. 

'Yes, [things are more balanced] because everybody involved has a year of experience and of course at the beginning we all make mistakes,' he says. 

'Premier League experience is very important and this club is a huge club but they have been for a very long time, exactly how old my son [Miltiadis] is since 1999, that it wasn't in the Premier League. 

'This club with the popularity and supporters, previous achievements in the champions league has to be as high as possible. For me it was challenging and a team that I remember when I first came to boarding school in England was doing very well and were outperforming with Liverpool and a club that was very popular and I liked. 

'Some years later I bought the club and want it to be established in the Premier League, we have spent a lot on the training centre, our stadium and have planning permission for our stadium and real estate development in the region. 

Every year we are improving and the dream is to see Nottingham Forest in the top 10 of the Premier League,' he adds. 

Surviving in the English top-flight is one thing, thriving in it is another and Marinakis recognises the challenges that lie ahead in achieving his aims but is committed to doing so. 

There is an understanding that building Forest will take time, they finished four points above the relegation zone in 16th last season, although the club's owner believes there is an opportunity to improve this season. 

'The aim this year is to perform better than last year. If you saw last year some of the results and at the end of the day our points and the difference to teams around us, two wins and the team would have been 12th or 13th. 

'For the first year in Premier League we did well, could have done better and we hope this year when we also complete our roster of transfers, that we have a much better team than last year. 

'Of course if the team start performing there is no limit because it is a big team and what you saw last year is that Nottingham Forest in a lot of the bigger games against opponents we did very well and with smaller opponents not as expected. 

'We lost some matches we

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