Ange Postecoglou: Nottingham Forest appoint ex-Spurs boss as new head coach after Nuno Espirito Santo sacking

Nottingham Forest have appointed ex-Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou as their new head coach to exchange the sacked Nuno Espirito Santo.

Sky Sports activities Information understands the Australian has signed a two-year deal on the Metropolis Floor.

Postecoglou returns to administration simply three months after being sacked by Spurs, regardless of main them to Europa League glory to finish their 17-year trophy drought.

Postecoglou succeeds Nuno, who was sacked late on Monday evening following a breakdown in his relationship with proprietor Evangelos Marinakis, and it’s understood he wished to be dismissed.

Greek Marinakis has been an admirer of Postecoglou, whose household are of Greek origin, for a while, and he was shortly recognized because the main candidate to succeed Nuno.

Marinakis stated of Postecoglou’s appointment: “We’re bringing a coach to the membership who has a confirmed and constant report of profitable trophies.

“His expertise of teaching groups on the highest stage, alongside along with his need to construct one thing particular with us at Forest, makes him a improbable individual to assist us on our journey and obtain constantly all our ambitions.

“After gaining promotion to the Premier League, then building consistently season after season to secure European football, we now must take the right step to compete with the very best and challenge for trophies.

“Ange has the credentials and the observe report to do that, and we’re excited he’s becoming a member of us on our formidable journey.”

Ange to face Arsenal away in first Forest recreation

Marinakis has given Postecoglou one other crack on the Premier League and European soccer.

The 60-year-old is about for a swift return to north London as Forest go to Tottenham’s rivals Arsenal within the Premier League on Saturday lunchtime.

Postecoglou’s first 4 video games in cost at Forest are all away, along with his first house match not till September 27 towards Sunderland, stay on Sky Sports activities.

The ex-Celtic boss spent two seasons at Spurs and ended their 17-year trophy drought final season by profitable the Europa League.

However 16 days after main Tottenham to their first European trophy in 41 years, Postecoglou was sacked following the membership’s worst-ever Premier League season as they completed seventeenth with 22 defeats from 38 video games.

Simply over a month after his sacking, Marinakis offered Postecoglou with a particular award in Greece for being the primary coach of Greek origin to win a European trophy within the males’s recreation.

He stated: “Ange has spoken many times about Greece. It is very important for a person to be proud and shout about his origins.

“He achieved it with a group that was not profitable titles and was struggling. With this success with Tottenham, he made Greece proud.

“He is a very good coach and wherever he goes, he will make Greece proud.”

Can Ange make Forest extra dynamic?

Newest from Sky Sports activities Information’ Anton Toloui:

“It’s clear Evangelos Marinakis wants Nottingham Forest 3.0 in the Premier League.

“Steve Cooper bought them up, Nuno took them to Europe, and now Ange Postecoglou is in command of making this group extra dynamic and profitable.

“Forest have spent big on attackers in the summer, it’s now up to the former Tottenham boss to unlock their potential.

“£35m was spent on Omari Hutchinson, a similar fee also splashed out on Dan Ndoye and Dylane Bakwe, plus James McAtee came in for up to £30m, £25m went to Rennes for Arnaud Kalimuendo and Igor Jesus wasn’t cheap from Botofogo.

“They’ve additionally given large contracts to Callum Hudson-Odoi and Morgan Gibbs-White.

“Forest can easily name three different front-three capable of competing in the Premier and Europe, it’s down to Postecoglou to unleash them.

“Forest missed out on the Champions League by only a level regardless of solely having the ball for 40 per cent on common in video games final season. To place that into context, solely Everton and Ipswich had much less possession on common.

“Ignore the lazy narrative about club owner Marinakis wanting Postecoglou because he was born in Athens.

“To paraphrase the phrases of Forest hero Brian Clough, Marinakis ‘needs to win however needs to win it higher’. He believes he is discovered the person to do exactly that.”

One other Ange rollercoaster trip in retailer at Forest?

Postecoglou took the Premier League by storm when he arrived at Spurs in July 2023.

His free-flowing ‘Ange-ball’ type noticed Spurs go undefeated for the primary 10 league video games of the season, together with a 2-1 house victory over Liverpool, which put them high of the desk.

His first defeat got here in a chaotic 4-1 house loss towards Chelsea, the place he drew criticism for refusing to adapt his type of play even when decreased to 9 males. It led him to famously say: “It’s just who we are, mate.”

Regardless of early-season promise, the marketing campaign completed disappointingly as Spurs misplaced 5 of their final seven video games to complete fifth and miss out on the Champions League.

Following a tough begin to his second season and a north London derby house defeat to Arsenal in September, Postecoglou defiantly stated: “I always win things in my second year.”

This promise saved Postecoglou afloat as Spurs struggled domestically, main to large strain on the finish of January after a woeful 2-1 house defeat to relegation-threatened Leicester.

Accidents admittedly hampered Postecoglou, who put all of his eggs within the Europa League basket in an try to finish Spurs’ 17-year trophy drought.

And he delivered as Tottenham beat Manchester United 1-0 within the ultimate in Bilbao.

However finally Tottenham’s dreadful Premier League marketing campaign, which noticed them end seventeenth on a report low 38 factors, ended Postecoglou’s turbulent time at Spurs.

Postecoglou had expressed his need to remain one other yr, telling followers on the Europa League victory parade that “season three is better than season two.”

However then-Spurs chairman Daniel Levy cancelled the Postecoglou present, and so he now stars on the Metropolis Floor, the place he will likely be hoping to finish one other membership’s trophy drought with Forest winless since 1990 – and likewise defend his Europa League title. Gareth Hamill