Jose Mourinho lined up for shock Premier League return after 'spectacular fallout'
Jose Mourinho at the moment plies his commerce in Turkey with Fenerbahce however the former Chelsea and Manchester United boss has been linked with a return to the Premier League
Jose Mourinho might be focused by Nottingham Forest if the present behind the scenes turmoil involving Nuno Espirito Santo ends in the Portuguese coach being faraway from his put up.
Forest loved a advantageous 2024-25 marketing campaign below Nuno, who secured European soccer by guiding the membership to a seventh-place end within the Premier League. However studies claiming the membership might be about to sack their supervisor emerged on Friday – and Nuno solely fuelled such speak in his press convention later that day after claiming his relationship with Evangelos Marinakis, Forest's proprietor, had damaged down.
It has since emerged that Nuno and Forest's new world head of soccer, Edu, had a 'spectacular fallout' shortly after the previous Arsenal chief took up his new place.
And with Nuno's place now up within the air, The Solar declare that Mourinho is among the many managers that Forest keep in mind ought to they resolve to make a managerial change.
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It stays to be seen if Mourinho, who has in depth Premier League expertise following spells with Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham, could be occupied with a return to England. He’s at the moment the top coach of Fenerbahce and guided the Turkish giants to a second-place end in his maiden 12 months on the helm.
Ange Postecoglou is one other title that Forest have on their listing of potential replacements. He has been unattached since leaving Tottenham earlier this summer time, shortly after profitable the Europa League.
Nuno is poised to take cost of Nottingham Forest's journey to Crystal Palace on Sunday. But it surely stays to be seen if he’ll stay in his put up long-term after voluntarily revealing his relationship with Marinakis had damaged down.
He stated: “I all the time had an excellent relationship with the proprietor. Final season was very, very, very shut, virtually every day.
"This season, not so nicely. However I all the time imagine that dialogue and what you say or your opinion, is all the time legitimate, as a result of my concern is the squad and the season that now we have forward of us, however our relationship has modified. I feel everyone on the membership ought to be collectively however this isn’t the fact."
When he was requested about studies he might be sacked, Nuno replied: “The place there's smoke, there's fireplace, so I understand how issues work. However I'm right here to do my job. I perceive as a result of I'm frightened. I'm the primary one to be frightened. I'm the primary one to be involved.”
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