Marinakis & Nuno To Hold Clear-the-air Talks

Nottingham Forest proprietor Evangelos Marinakis will clasp talks pinch caput coach Nuno Espirito Santo and has dismissed immoderate rift betwixt nan pair.

Nuno admitted past week his narration pinch nan proprietor had changed, with his position astatine nan City Ground uncertain.

Last Friday, nan 51-year-old said "where there's smoke, there's fire" amid rumours astir his job.

Before nan commencement of nan play he besides criticised Forest's transportation business successful a astonishment swipe astatine nan club.

The brace person spoken connected nan telephone this week but are owed to beryllium down aft Sunday's Premier League sojourn of West Ham.

Marinakis has been successful Monaco for nan Europa League draw, pinch Forest hosting Nuno's erstwhile nine Porto and Malmo - successful a repetition of their 1979 European Cup triumph - but is flying to London connected Friday.

When asked whether Nuno is still nan man to lead Forest, Marinakis told TNT: "Yes, he has been successful and we person done things we person enjoyed. Now we tin spend to do things that we enjoy."

He added: "Everything is solid. We each want Nottingham to succeed. We are present successful nan bully days but we are moreover person successful nan difficult days, truthful personally I don't spot a problem.

"We are each together, united, and we'll make immoderate corrective actions and everything will beryllium soft and fresh to go.

"We person a coagulated relationship. Of course, sometimes we tin beryllium nervous, opportunity 1 thing, opportunity another, but what counts astatine nan extremity of nan time is nan existent narration betwixt maine and Nuno, betwixt Nuno and nan players and betwixt nan players and ourselves."

Following Sunday's 1-1 Premier League tie astatine Crystal Palace, erstwhile Wolves leader Nuno said he would not locomotion away.

"It is absurd. Never," he added, having earlier said it was "nonsense" that he was trying to technologist his ain exit.

Ex-Tottenham head Nuno, who has been successful complaint astatine nan City Ground since December 2023, is assured he tin hole immoderate issues and believes he will still beryllium successful position aft nan world break.

"Yes, I deliberation so. I don't cognize really to reply that but I deliberation so," he said, having guided Forest to seventh successful nan Premier League past play to suffice for Europe for nan first clip successful 30 years.

"I'm wholly relaxed successful that sense. We request to person a talk astir nan early of nan nine and what is nan committedness to nan club. We want nan aforesaid thing, we want nan champion for Forest, that's for sure.

"We person to talk. These kinds of things should beryllium done successful nan correct moment, and nan correct infinitesimal is aft nan game. Now we are focused connected West Ham, past we person nan world break and I deliberation that is nan correct moment."

Forest person spent adjacent to £150m - breaking their transportation grounds connected £37.5m Omari Hutchinson from Ipswich - and want different 2 afloat backs, pinch Leicester left-back Victor Kristiansen a target

But Nuno insisted he had nary regrets complete what he has said successful nan past 2 weeks.

The caput coach is usually guarded and will only speak retired if he feels perfectly necessary.

"I said it, and I don't regret it," he said. "Because it was honest, and erstwhile you're honest, and existent to yourself, you don't person to regret it.

"I'm a personification that speaks a batch astir things and has a heavy reflection astir what's going on.

"But now we are seeing players coming done nan doorway - nan nine are making a large effort to effort to complete nan squad.

"I've been very honest. Mr Marinakis is astir apt 1 of nan group who knows maine champion because I've been very honorable pinch him."