Ange Postecoglou was lined up to become Nottingham Forest 's new manager at least one month ago. ‌

That's the feeling inside the club, according to the Atheltic . ‌

The former Celtic boss was c onfirmed as Nuno Espirito Santo's successor just 13 hours after the Portuguese was sacked by Greek owner Angelos Marinakis. ‌

Nuno had admitted publicly that his relationship with his demanding boss was not good, while the arrival of former Arsenal midfielder and technical director Edu as global head of football for Forest, Olympiacos and Rio Ave – Marinakis' three clubs.

Things came to a head this week, and Postecoglou will take charge of Forest for the first time against Arsenal this Saturday.

But the suspicion is that moves to bring Postecoglou to the City Ground started tent

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