Nuno Esperito Santo is once again done in the Premier League. Declared a genius at Wolverhampton, was probably cheated as an intermediate solution at Tottenham, while the sporting director waited for Antonio Conte to be ready for the job. Then a return to Nottingham Forest and a strong 2024/25 season with 7th place, where the club had narrowly avoided relegation the season before. Now it’s over, without us quite understanding why.

Or is the explanation as simple as Forest’s owner Evangelos Marinakis? The club owner and Santo clashed at the end of last season as well, in recent weeks there have been reports of crisis meetings at Forest following Santos’ warnings that the club after the summer transfer window “has a problem”. Which on Monday evening ended with the dismissal of Santo.

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Declared a genius last season, finished after three Premier League games the following season. With four points from three games. Same score as Ruben Amorim at Manchester United, we’ll just mention it.

Things are boiling at Nottingham Forest, who suddenly have expectations as one of the top clubs, just the season+ after near-relegation.

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