Nottingham Forest chief Evangelos Marinakis is ready for crunch talks with under-fire boss Ange Postecoglou over the tactician’s long-term future, coming after a dismal begin to life for Nuno Espirito Santo’s substitute on the Metropolis Floor.
Ange Postecoglou’s job underneath menace after 2-0 Newcastle defeat
Experiences within the construct as much as their 2-0 loss to Newcastle United at St. James’ Park claimed that Postecoglou’s job could possibly be underneath menace if Forest tasted defeat up north, and this might now be realised.
Second-half targets from Bruno Guimaraes and Nick Woltemade slapped Postecoglou together with his fifth loss from seven video games in cost, and the Australian stays winless after making the worst begin of any Forest supervisor for 100 years.
Ange Postecoglou’s tenure at Nottingham Forest up to now | Competitors |
|---|---|
Arsenal 3-0 Forest | Premier League |
Swansea 3-2 Forest | Carabao Cup |
Burnley 1-1 Forest | Premier League |
Actual Betis 2-2 Forest | Europa League |
Forest 0-1 Sunderland | Premier League |
Forest 2-3 FC Midtjylland | Europa League |
Newcastle 2-0 Forest | Premier League |
The strain is nicely and really on Forest’s new supervisor after entering into the footwear of fan favorite Nuno, who guided the Tough Timber again to Europe for the primary time since 1995 final season.
Since Nuno’s departure, Forest have been on a downward trajectory, with Postecoglou confirming that he is set for crunch Marinakis talks over the worldwide break.
“I count on to have a dialogue with the proprietor and everybody else on the soccer membership about what we have launched into right here, the place we’re at and what we have to do for positive,” stated Postecoglou stated after their loss at Newcastle.
“If individuals need to make an evaluation of me after three and a half weeks, which we have had six or seven video games in a row, then there’s nothing I can do about that.”
It’s believed that Marinakis already has potential replacements in thoughts for Postecoglou, who might grow to be the shortest-reigning supervisor in Premier League historical past if Forest resolve to take motion instantly after Newcastle.
Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner is rising as a “prime candidate” to succeed the 60-year-old, in keeping with TEAMtalk, however it is extremely debatable whether or not the Austrian would go away Selhurst Park halfway by 2025/2026 for what seems to be a risky undertaking.
Glasner is out of contract on the finish of this season, as is Fulham’s Marco Silva, and The Mail’s Tom Collomosse additionally stories that the latter is a long-term goal for Forest.
Nevertheless, any method for Silva is seemingly unlikely to occur earlier than the conclusion of 2025/2026.
Marinakis pictured near Benitez amid Nottingham Forest supervisor search
That being stated, one other coach who’s available now and desires a return to England is former Liverpool, Newcastle and Everton boss Rafael Benitez.
As reported by Collomosse, Marinakis was noticed in “shut proximity” to Benitez throughout Arsenal’s 2-0 win over OIympiacos final week, and whereas the Spaniard was there in his function as a technical observer for UEFA, he is apparently eager on coming again to Britain for work.
Rafa Benítez’s managerial profession | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Golf equipment | Tenure | Matches in cost | Titles/achievements |
Actual Valladolid | 1995-96 | 25 | |
Osasuna | 1996 | 9 | |
Extremadura | 1997-99 | 92 | Segunda promotion |
Tenerife | 2000-01 | 46 | Segunda promotion |
Valencia | 2001-04 | 162 | La Liga X2 UEFA Cup |
Liverpool | 2004-12 | 350 | Champions League FA Cup UEFA Tremendous Cup |
Internazionale | 2010 | 25 | FIFA Membership World Cup Supercoppa Italiana |
Chelsea | 2012-13 | 48 | Europa League |
Napoli | 2013-15 | 112 | Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana |
Actual Madrid | 2015-16 | 25 | |
Newcastle United | 2016-19 | 146 | EFL Championship |
Dalian Skilled | 2019-21 | 38 | |
Everton | 2021-22 | 22 | |
Celta de Vigo | 2023-24 | 33 | |
All statistics and knowledge courtesy of Transfermarkt | |||
Benitez additionally has good relations with the Marinakis household, so this could possibly be one to look at, even when the Champions League-winning boss hasn’t labored in administration since leaving Celta Vigo in 2024.
His final job within the Premier League was additionally his disastrous spell at Everton, although you can also make a case that it was at all times doomed to fail given Benitez’s ties to Liverpool.
Benitez, after a glittering profession at a few of Europe’s high golf equipment, is considered a “world-class supervisor” by his friends, however he’d be taking over an almighty job to steer Forest again up the desk amid the toxicity proper now.
