Nuno Espirito Santo has got his wish, in the end. Even though he denied it, he wanted to be sacked.

And Evangelos Marinakis has now opted for a replacement head coach in his own image: Ange Postecoglou is a dominant man, headstrong, principled, who doesn't suffer fools gladly.

Nuno was never going to resign, but he'd had enough of life at the City Ground. As soon as Marinakis appointed Edu as his global head of football, the writing was on the wall.

Edu was officially appointed in June, but his influence over the Forest owner stretches back longer than that. Nuno saw Edu as the third wheel: an awkward middle-man, who meant his symbiotic relationship with Marinakis was now one stage removed.

He couldn't understand why, when he and the Greek billionaire had always been so close, the owne

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