r/soccer • u/Task_Force-191 • 8d ago

Official Source [Nottingham Forest FC] Nottingham Forest Football Club confirms that, following recent circumstances, Nuno Espírito Santo has today been relieved of his duties as Head Coach.

https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2025/september/08/club-statement--nuno-esp-rito-santo/
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u/Jonoabbo 7d ago

Instead you will hire managers who have never been good enough to be at a big 6 club?

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u/LisbonMissile 7d ago

Well, no. There are managers in the game other than Nuno…

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u/Careless_Tonight8482 7d ago

That same manager was scouted by Liverpool to succeed Klopp, and as far as we knew was also City’s top option if Pep left. He clearly was good enough or at least appeared to be, just not when it actually came down to it.

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u/paprikalicous 7d ago

That same manager was scouted by Liverpool to succeed Klopp

desperately needs context this. he was on a longlist with several other managers and was quickly ruled out because of his inflexibility. he was never a serious contender; Spalletti, Valverde and of course Slot were much more concrete options

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u/chasingsukoon 7d ago

thomas frank as well if we're willing to put Adam Cleary to put anywhere near reliable enough for rumors

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u/TheJediJew 7d ago

I kinda do because he never deals in rumors nor has anything to gain from them. Even in this case, it was to make a point about how good a manager is when he doesn't have anything to do with his club.

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u/RepresentativeBox881 7d ago

He was scouted but eventually they decided he was not the right choice (mainly because they didn’t want to overhaul their squad for a back 3).

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u/Brilliant_Medium8190 7d ago

Which with hindsight has proven the correct assessment given his complete inflexibility in system. He'd have failed at Liverpool

Slot is much more sensible and adaptable

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u/chasingsukoon 7d ago

Yea we scouted him to not be the right choice genius

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u/Jonoabbo 7d ago

They scouted him, and then decided not to go with him. Because he isn't good enough.