Three former Nottingham Forest players played an influential role in convincing Jota Silva to join Nuno Espirito’s side this summer transfer window. Nottingham Forest made Jota Silva their sixth signing of the summer last week after agreeing a £5.9m deal with Vitoria Guimaraes. Silva enjoyed a phenomenal season last year netting 15 goals whilst laying on seven assists and as such, he made his debut for the Portugal national team in March. So, that said, it’s certainly somewhat of a coup for Forest and now it’s emerged that three former players played a key role in convincing him to make the mo…