Nottingham Forest appoint Ange Postecoglou as new boss

Postecoglou has Greek heritage

The 60-year-old was born in Athens earlier than migrating to Australia as a toddler.

And Marinakis has beforehand praised Postecoglou for being an awesome ambassador for Greece.

In July, he introduced the previous Celtic boss with an award and stated, in remarks reported by Neos Kosmos: “What I wish to say about Ange is that he has spoken about Greece many occasions, he’s proud to be Greek and within the nice success he had with Tottenham by profitable the Europa League, he spoke about Greece.

“A person who not solely doesn’t cover his origin however can also be happy with it. What he achieved, he did with a crew that has not gained any titles, it has had a really troublesome time in recent times. On this big success that the entire world noticed, he promoted Greece.”

Change in path at Forest

Postecoglou will deliver a wholly completely different footballing philosophy to the Metropolis Floor. Nuno has all the time been thought to be a realistic coach, completely happy to win video games with out dominating possession.

Postecoglou is the other together with his excessive press, excessive possession, all-out assault techniques resulting in home league titles in Australia, Japan and Scotland.

It did not reap comparable rewards within the Premier League, nonetheless. Spurs completed fifth in his first season in cost however their type tailed off alarmingly in yr two as they got here seventeenth, shedding 22 of their 38 league video games.

Postecoglou can even must handle upwards with Marinakis and the membership’s sporting director Edu influential figures.

And it was Marinakis’ breakdown in relations with Nuno that led to his departure.

A membership assertion, launched at 1215am this morning, learn: “Nottingham Forest Soccer Membership confirms that, following current circumstances, Nuno Espírito Santo has right now been relieved of his duties as Head Coach.

“The membership thanks Nuno for his contribution throughout a really profitable period at The Metropolis Floor, specifically his function within the 2024/25 season, which is able to ceaselessly be remembered fondly within the historical past of the membership.

“As somebody who performed a pivotal function in our success final season, he’ll all the time maintain a particular place in our journey.”

Relationship sours after Awoniyi row

Nuno and Marinakis had been on a collision course for a while after a public falling out following the 2-2 draw with Leicester on the finish of final season.

Marinakis angrily confronted the previous Tottenham boss after a mix-up with the medical employees that noticed striker Taiwo Awoniyi stay on the sphere regardless of an damage that left him motionless for the rest of the sport.

The cracks between coach and proprietor resurfaced at the beginning of this time period with Nuno feeling the momentum generated by securing a Europa League place was not capitalised on within the switch market.

He was vocal in his disappointment earlier than the season opener towards Brentford and once more every week later as Forest went to Crystal Palace, admitting his relationship with Marinakis had “modified” and that they have been now not “shut”.

The membership did make strikes within the window with the likes of Igor Jesus, Dan Ndoye, James McAtee, Douglas Luiz and Omari Hutchinson all arriving.

However Marinakis and Edu are unlikely to have been impressed that Hutchinson, a club-record £37million signing from Ipswich, was omitted from Nuno’s Europa League squad.

Postecoglou’s document

Postecoglou, who was capped by Australia, spent his complete taking part in profession with South Melbourne between 1978 and 1993 and led the membership in his first managerial function from 1996 till 2000.

After seven years as an Australia coach at youth ranges, he had spells with Greek membership Panachaiki and Australian sides Whittlesea Zebras, Brisbane Roar and Melbourne Victory earlier than managing Australia from 2013 to 2017.

The previous defender moved on to Japanese membership Yokohama F Marinos till 2021 and Scottish giants Celtic till 2023, when he succeeded Antonio Conte as Tottenham supervisor.

Postcoglou Tottenham Stats

Tottenham began brightly in Postecoglou’s first season in cost in 2023/24 however fell in need of the fourth-placed end required to safe Champions League soccer throughout that marketing campaign, coming fifth and getting into the Europa League.

Spurs’ remaining place of seventeenth – one above the relegation zone – in 2024/25 was their lowest because the fashionable Premier League started in 1992/93 and worst total since struggling top-flight relegation in 1976/77.

The 22 league defeats Postecoglou oversaw throughout the season represented two greater than another crew above the underside three suffered.

Tottenham’s tally of 64 league targets matched fourth-placed Chelsea’s complete however their defensive document of 65 conceded was the fifth-worst within the division.

Postecoglou trophies, titles

A two-time Australian champion as a participant, Postecoglou has tended to win trophies throughout his second season in control of golf equipment, together with that Europa League triumph.

Amongst an intensive listing of silverware, he gained championships with each of his Australia youth sides, the Australian title thrice as a supervisor and the Japanese and Scottish high flights.