Nuno s relationship with Forest boss breaks down, Postkoglu becomes a hot spot for changing coaches

Nottingham Forest coach Nuno Espirito Santo dropped a bombshell at Friday's pre-match press conference, publicly acknowledging that his relationship with club owner Evangelos Marinakis is "not the same as before." This meritorious coach who led the team to return to the European war for the first time since the 1995-96 season last season, although he just signed a three-year contract in June, he used the proverb of "no wind can rise without waves" to respond to the rumors of being dismissed. Unlike his usual cautious and taciturn style, Nuno rarely details the communication cracks: "In the past, we communicated daily, but now we have a distant relationship. The club should be united, but the reality is not." This confession puts conflicts in the locker room on the table, especially considering that the European qualifications with Crystal Palace will be ushered in 48 hours. It is precisely because the opponent was relegated to the Association League that Forest was able to get a seat in the Europa League.

The potential successor of this personnel earthquake surfaced. Authoritative news shows that former Tottenham coach Ang Postkoglu has become the number one candidate. The Australian coach, who just left North London in June, is reportedly open to coaching Forests. It is intriguing that Nuno has publicly worried this summer that the depth of the lineup will be difficult to deal with the two-front battles of the Premier League and Europa League. Marinakis immediately spent nearly £100 million to introduce four strong players, Omari Hutchinson, James McCarty, Arnold Calimundor and Douglas Louis. Now that the first game of the new season has beaten Brentford 3-1, the good start has accelerated the fermentation of the coach's crisis - when the strategic trust between the coach and the boss collapses, the huge investment has become a catalyst for the relationship rift.

From a tactical perspective, if Nuno leaves office, it will trigger a chain reaction. The 5-2-3 defensive counterattack system he is good at is completely different from Postkoglu's radical high-level oppression, which created an average of 68.7 high-pressures (Opta data) during the Celtics period, which required the team to reconstruct tactical muscle memory. What is more interesting is the modern football metaphor of club power game: After Greek ship king Marinakis took over in 2017, Forest has served ten coaches in seven years, reflecting the eternal contradiction between capital's eagerness for quick success and the traditional cultivation cycle. As the Guardian column said: "The survival philosophy of Premier League lifts always swings between short-term results and long-term planning." At this moment, the 90 minutes of Selhurst Park Stadium may determine the final direction of the two football philosophy.