Cooper sacked as Forest boss

Steve Cooper was sacked by Nottingham Forest yesterday amid reports the Premier League strugglers are set to hire Nuno Espirito Santo.
Cooper was axed after a dismal run of one win in 13 Premier League games left Forest just one place above the relegation zone. The 44-year-old had been under fire throughout a dismal run of just one win in 13 league games, including five defeats from their last six matches.
Forest reportedly held talks with former Tottenham and Wolves boss Nuno about a return to the Premier League earlier yesterday.
Cooper had retained the support of Forest fans after taking them from the bottom of the Championship to Premier League survival last season. But with Cooper’s summer of heavy investment in new signings failing to deliver the required results, Forest’s Greek owner Evangelos Marinakis finally lost patience with the former Swansea boss.
With Forest five points above the bottom three, reports suggest a deal for Nuno could be tied up before Saturday’s crucial home match against Bournemouth. Nuno has been out of work since leaving Saudi Pro League club Al Ittihad in November.
Now the 49-year-old is in line for a return to the Premier League two years after his sacking from an ill-fated four-month spell at Tottenham. He also had four years in charge of Wolves, guiding the club to promotion from the Championship in his first season in charge.
Wolves enjoyed consecutive seventh-place finishes in the Premier League and a run to the Europa League quarter-finals under Nuno’s leadership. Former Eintracht Frankfurt boss Oliver Glasner had also been linked with the Forest job before Nuno emerged as their top target.