'that's Nonsense' - Nuno Doesn't Want To Leave Forest

Nottingham Forest head Nuno Espirito Santo says he wants to enactment astatine nan club.

The 51-year-old's early was near successful uncertainty erstwhile he revealed connected Friday really his narration pinch proprietor Evangelos Marinakis had "changed" and they "are not arsenic close".

"Where there's smoke, there's fire," said Nuno astir rumours complete his role.

But, earlier Sunday's Premier League crippled astatine Crystal Palace, nan Portuguese leader insisted he does not want to leave.

Asked if he was trying to manipulate a move, Nuno told Sky Sports: "That's nonsense. Doesn't make immoderate benignant of sense. We are focused connected nan crippled and that is much important."

But nan erstwhile Wolves and Spurs leader said he will person discussions pinch Marinakis and Edu, nan club's world caput of football, complete transfers.

"Yes, that's what we request to do and we're going to do it," he added.

Sources person told BBC Sport that Nuno's position is not wholly safe contempt past season's accomplishment of qualifying for Europe, and their opening-game Premier League triumph complete Brentford.

The uncertainty, according to sources, has now stretched to nan playing squad, who are said to beryllium alert of nan situation.

Despite Nuno's latest comments, it seems clear location is sizeable clash down nan scenes astatine nan City Ground.

If Forest proceed to triumph games, past sacking him becomes that overmuch tougher.

But tin Nuno really expect to travel retired connected apical successful a conflict pinch nan proprietor and caput of football?

"This is simply a conflict that Nuno will lose," European shot master Julien Laurens told BBC Radio 5 Live.

"We each cognize that erstwhile you commencement questioning your owner, it's done. For him to travel retired pinch this unprompted, he offered it to nan full world, he knows that it is coming and that he can't triumph this battle.

"We besides cognize that him and Edu don't get on. He was already location erstwhile Edu arrived astatine nan club, and we each cognize erstwhile a caller sporting head arrives, they for illustration to travel pinch their ain people."

Former Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha said Nuno whitethorn see resigning now that nan narration was "broken".

"Nuno's banal is truthful precocious pinch nan fanbase, they will want to afloat judge successful him," he told BBC Radio 5 Live.

"But it is besides truthful awkward for them because they will beryllium grateful for what nan proprietor has done for nan nine successful nan past fewer years.

"With Edu coming into nan nine successful specified an important position, he will want his ain group successful play, because they will ne'er really afloat spot nan personification that is already successful play? If he could prime a head now, would he prime Nuno? No.

"That will beryllium nagging for arsenic agelong arsenic possible, but Marinakis and Edu won't beryllium rooting for him to neglect truthful they tin make nan change.

"But nan narration is surgery and I would not beryllium amazed if Nuno walks earlier he is sacked."