Nottingham Forest officers have held talks with former Wolves and Tottenham boss Nuno Espirito Santo about the opportunity of taking on on the Metropolis Floor, with Steve Cooper’s future trying more and more bleak.
Forest have received simply one in every of their final 13 matches, and Sky Sports activities Information has been advised the connection between Cooper and proprietor Evangelos Marinakis has deteriorated to the purpose the place it’s now “difficult”.
The Greek businessman is conscious of the followers’ affection for Cooper, who returned Forest to the Premier League for the primary time in 23 years. However it’s understood he has issues Cooper is perhaps tiring of the undertaking and recent concepts are wanted.
After enormous funding within the squad which has seen 44 new gamers recruited for the reason that membership received promotion in Could 2022, Marinakis will not be ready to permit outcomes to proceed to slip.
That has prompted the Forest proprietor and his senior management group to think about a number of potential replacements, with Nuno understood to be among the many favourites. Preliminary talks have been constructive.
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One other ex-Wolves boss, Julen Lopetegui, has additionally been into consideration, together with former Eintracht Frankfurt coach Oliver Glasner.
Nuno is out of labor after leaving Saudi Professional League membership Al Ittihad earlier this yr, and Sky Sports activities Information has been advised he’s eager on a return to the Premier League, feeling his repute was unfairly tarnished after his ill-fated four-month spell in command of Tottenham.
One of many causes Forest like Nuno is due to what he achieved at Wolves, moulding the gamers that had been purchased by the membership. Because of this, Marinakis thinks he might be effectively fitted to the function on the Metropolis Floor, the place the construction is comparable.
The Portuguese had a massively profitable spell at Molineux between 2017 and 2021, main the membership from the Championship to consecutive seventh-placed finishes within the Premier League, and the quarter-finals of the Europa League.
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Nottingham Forest’s next five fixtures
Saturday thirtieth December 5:00pm
Kick off 5:30pm
December 23: Bournemouth (H) – Premier League, kick-off 3pm
December 26: Newcastle (A) – Premier League, kick-off 12.30pm
December 30: Manchester United (H) – Premier League, kick-off 5.30pm – dwell on Sky Sports activities
January 7: Blackpool or Forest Inexperienced Rovers (H) – FA Cup, kick-off 2pm
January 20: Brentford (A) – Premier League, kick-off 5.30pm – dwell on Sky Sports activities
