Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo did little to quash rumours about his future on Friday by admitting his "relationship has changed" with the club's owner Evangelos Marinakis and that the pair are "not as close."

Reports earlier on Friday suggested Nuno's job is in doubt, despite leading the club to European qualification with a seventh-place finish in the Premier League last year, amid a difficult summer in the transfer market.

Speaking later in a news conference, the Portuguese manager said: "I always had a very good relationship with the owner, last season we were very close and spoke on a daily basis.

"This season it is not so well [between us] but I always believe that dialogue is important because my concern is the squad and the season we have ahead of us. Our relation

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