English club Nottingham Forest has "relieved" coach Ange Postecoglou, one month and nine days after his appointment and following another defeat on Saturday against Chelsea (3-0).

The current 17th-placed Premier League player cited "a series of disappointing results and performances" to justify the dismissal "with immediate effect" of the Australian, who is without a win after eight matches in all competitions.

Under his leadership, the Midlands "Reds" slipped from tenth to 17th place in the Premier League, with a disastrous record: four defeats and one draw, ten goals conceded and only one scored (1-1 against promoted Burnley).

Forest could even fall into the relegation zone during the eighth day of the championship depending on the results of Burnley (18th, 4 pts) and West Ham (19th, 4 pts), the club where his predecessor Nuno Espirito Santo bounced back.

Postecoglou's failure at the City Ground is also, and above all, that of owner Evangelos Marinakis, a Greek businessman known for his impatience, who sacked a popular Portuguese coach on September 9.

Nuno was appointed in December 2023 when Nottingham Forest were 17th in the Premier League. He led the club to a seventh-place finish last season, with European qualification on the cards.

The coach publicly expressed concern about the lack of reinforcements obtained in the first weeks of the off-season this summer, comments that greatly displeased Marinakis.

Postecoglou arrived on a free transfer after being fired during the off-season by Tottenham, the London club with whom he won the Europa League after a failed season in the league (17th place).

AFP