On Wednesday, Nottingham Forest announced Nuno Espírito Santo its new manager in an attempt to replace Steve Cooper as soon as possible. The Premier League team moved rapidly.
Nuno, who oversaw Wolverhampton and Tottenham in the top flight of England, agreed to a two and a half-year contract.
The Portuguese coach most recently was Al-Ittihad’s coach in Saudi Arabia, where they won the league and cup together the previous season.
Cooper was let go by Forest on Tuesday, following a run of 13 league games without a victory that saw the team fall to fourth-to-last position in the standings. The 49-year-old Nuno’s first game in charge will be in the league against Bournemouth at The City Ground on Saturday.
Santo’s Journey as a Coach before Forest’s appointment.
In England, he has experienced mixed results. In 2018, he guided Wolves to promotion to the premier league, where he achieved consecutive seventh-place finishes. In 2020, his team made it to the Europa League quarterfinals.
He was appointed by Tottenham after he had kept the team in the Premier League for three years, but he was fired in 2021 after just 17 games in charge.
Before taking command of Valencia and leading them to fourth place in Spain and Champions League qualification, Nuno had been the head coach of Rio Ave and Porto, two Portuguese teams.
Leading Forest to safety will be his first priority while there. After 17 games, it is now five points above the relegation zone.
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