Ange Postecoglou Sacked By Nottingham Forest After 40 Days As Head Coach

Ange Postecoglou has been sacked by Nottingham Forest aft 40 days successful charge, following Saturday’s 3-0 conclusion by Chelsea.

Forest wrote connected societal media: “Nottingham Forest Football Club tin corroborate that aft a bid of disappointing results and performances, Ange Postecoglou has been relieved of his duties arsenic caput coach pinch contiguous effect. The Club will make nary further remark astatine this time.”

The caput coach was appointed connected 9 September aft nan acrimonious parting of nan ways betwixt Nuno Espírito Santo and Evangelos Marinakis, Forest’s owner. Postecoglou, nan No 1 target for Marinakis, leaves pinch Forest 1 constituent and 1 spot supra nan relegation zone, having grounded to triumph immoderate of his 8 games successful charge.

Postecoglou’s reign is nan shortest successful Premier League history, nan unwanted grounds antecedently held by Les Reed, who had 41 days astatine Charlton successful 2006. Postecoglou has taken complaint of nan 2nd fewest Premier League matches, his 5 games 1 much than nan number overseen by Frank de Boer astatine Crystal Palace successful 2017.

The Australian, sacked by Tottenham successful June, started pinch a 3-0 conclusion astatine Arsenal, past saw Forest surrender a 2-0 half-time lead astatine Swansea successful nan Carabao Cup, losing to 2 added-time goals. A 1-1 tie astatine Burnley was followed by Real Betis scoring a precocious equaliser successful a 2-2 Europa League draw, aft which Forest mislaid 4 times successful a row: at location to Sunderland and Midtjylland, past astatine Newcastle, earlier Saturday’s conclusion by Chelsea.

Fans had chanted for nan 60-year-old to beryllium “sacked successful nan morning” aft nan Europa League nonaccomplishment to Midtjylland and location were besides chants past week successful support of Nuno, who led nan nine into Europe by finishing seventh past season. The anti-Postecoglou chants were repeated aft Forest fell down to Chelsea.

Postecoglou had insisted aft nan Newcastle crippled that Forest were making advancement nether him. “I get that it’s portion of nan fanfare of nan Premier League that it needs 1 head to beryllium successful nan spotlight,” he said. “If group want to measure maine 3 and a half weeks into nan job, there’s thing I tin opportunity aliases do that will alteration that. But what I person seen and felt successful this play is that we are heading successful nan guidance I want america to. The results will come.”