Daniel Taylor has now shared what he’s been told about Nuno Espirito Santo and his future at Nottingham Forest.
The 50-year-old head coach replaced Steve Cooper at Forest in December and led the team to Premier League survival.
He oversaw seven wins during his 26 in charge, with two of those coming in the final three games of the campaign.
Some recent reports from Fabrizio Romano claimed that Espirito Santo wasn’t safe at Forest – and now Taylor has shared what he’s heard.
Daniel Taylor shares what he’s heard about Nuno Espirito Santo
The Forest-supporting journalist has been delivering a question and answer session today like on The Athletic’s website.
One supporter asked about the future of Espirito Santo and Taylor has now gone into detail over what he knows.
It would appear as though the signs are positive – at least for now – regarding Forest boss Espirito Santo.
He told The Athletic: “I’ve been told Espirito Santo is staying at Forest, despite the recent flurry of speculation and rumours. However, it’s not entirely straightforward… it’s football, it’s Forest and things can change. But that’s my info and I will try to explain some of the context.
“Firstly, it’s in his favour that the players like him. He’s done a good job on that front if you remember the report out of Wolves for example that he and Morgan Gibbs-White were not close.
“There’s also a fair bit of nonsense. One story recently was that Marinakis had instructed Jorge Mendes to find him a new manager. Er, we do know that Nuno is a Mendes client, don’t we?
“Nuno has made some questionable decisions in some matches. The results haven’t been brilliant and I don’t think it’s helped that Oliver Glasner, who went head to head with Nuno for the job, has been so impressive with Crystal Palace.”
Head coach deserves full season with Forest
Cooper was allowed a few bad runs in the Premier League and for what it’s worth, we believe that Espirito Santo should be afforded time at Forest too.
Ultimately the former Wolves and Tottenham boss is an experienced head coach and he deserves a full crack at a pre-season.
Furthermore, there will be a balance that he wants to bring to the squad and he deserves the chance to get his own players in.
Forest don’t need another summer of upheaval and Espirito Santo can bring a calming influence to the dressing room next season.
If he does get his own plans in place and things don’t pick up next season then perhaps Evangelos Marinakis would have an argument to get rid of him.
For now, however, Forest are in safer hands with Espirito Santo than they are without him.
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