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Tom Hamilton
Nottingham Forest have appointed Ange Postecoglou as their new supervisor, sources have confirmed to ESPN.
Postecoglou will exchange Nuno Espirito Santo, who was sacked by Forest on Monday.
Sources have advised ESPN Postecoglou has signed a deal by to June 2027.
It’s Postecoglou’s first job since he was sacked by Tottenham Hotspur in June. He spent two seasons at Spurs, successful the UEFA Europa League in Could, the membership’s first trophy in 17 years.
Postecoglou is anticipated to supervise Forest’s match towards Arsenal on Saturday on the Emirates Stadium.
Nuno’s exit from Forest was abrupt, and got here simply three video games into the brand new season.
He led Forest to a seventh-place within the Premier League final season as they certified for European soccer for the primary time since 1996.
The membership had been promoted to the Europa League following Crystal Palace’s demotion to the UEFA Convention League as a result of multi-club possession (MCO) guidelines.
Sources have advised ESPN Nuno fell out with Forest’s head of worldwide soccer Edu Gaspar, whereas his relationship with proprietor Evangelos Marinakis additionally grew more and more strained regardless of having signed a brand new three-year deal in June.
Doubt was forged over Nuno’s future earlier within the season when he mentioned he was “not shut” with Marinakis, and that their “relationship had modified.”
“The place there’s smoke, there’s fireplace, so I understand how issues work, however I am right here to do my job,” Nuno mentioned on the time.
For Postecoglou, the job will finish his three-month break from the sport.
Throughout his two-season spell with Spurs, he led them to fifth within the Premier League in 2023-24, earlier than they completed seventeenth final time period.
That disappointment was offset by their European run the place they received the Europa League, beating Manchester United 1-0 within the last.
However, 16 days after that triumph in Bilbao, Postecoglou was dismissed.
Postecoglou brings a wealth of expertise to Forest having coached in Australia, earlier than taking cost of the Socceroos from 2013-2017.
He then coached in Japan, managing Yokohama F. Marinos, earlier than transferring to Celtic the place he loved a profitable two-season spell from 2021 to 2023.
Then got here the transfer to Tottenham and now he is swapped north London for the Metropolis Floor.