{"id":103488,"date":"2023-12-20T11:24:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T11:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crossfitsugarland.com\/?p=103488"},"modified":"2023-12-20T11:24:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T11:24:20","slug":"nottingham-forest-confirm-nuno-espirito-santo-as-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crossfitsugarland.com\/soccer\/nottingham-forest-confirm-nuno-espirito-santo-as-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest confirm Nuno Espirito Santo as head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nottingham Forest have appointed Nuno Espirito Santo as their new head coach.<\/p>\n
The Portuguese has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract at the City Ground following Tuesday\u2019s sacking of Steve Cooper.<\/p>\n
Nuno, who will take charge of Saturday\u2019s clash with Bournemouth, returns to English football following a two-year absence when he left Tottenham after an ill-fated four-month stay.<\/p>\n
He has been out of work since leaving Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad in November and takes over at Forest with the club five points above the relegation zone.<\/p>\n
The 49-year-old replaces Cooper, who lost his job after a run of one win in 13 Premier League matches.<\/p>\n
Cooper, 44, had the support of the Forest fans after taking them from the bottom of the Sky Bet Championship to Premier League survival last season.<\/p>\n
It was fan power that saved him from the sack last term but, with another summer of heavy investment from owner Evangelos Marinakis, the Greek businessman has lost patience.<\/p>\n
Nuno, who met his players and took training on Wednesday morning, will be expected to lead Forest away from danger in the second half of the campaign.<\/p>\n
He will be hoping to recapture the magic that saw him become one of the hottest properties in the Premier League when he guided Wolves to back-to-back seventh-placed finishes after winning promotion from the Championship.<\/p>\n
He also took the Molineux club to the quarter-finals of the Europa League and was chosen by Spurs as the man to replace Jose Mourinho in the summer of 2021.<\/p>\n
However, he lasted just 10 Premier League games before being sacked and was heavily criticised for his pragmatic style of play.<\/p>\n
He was linked with a return to Wolves just over a year ago, but the midlands club chose Julen Lopetegui.<\/p>\n