Newly-appointed Nottingham Forest sporting director Filippo Giraldi looks set to become a regular watcher of head coach Steve Cooper's training sessions if previous comments while at Watford are anything to go by.
The 48-year-old worked at Watford for eight years, first as their chief scout and then became the club's technical director before leaving in November 2020. Giraldi is now returning to football, after just one month shy of two years out of the game, at the City Ground.
Before that extended spell in Hertfordshire, Giraldi worked in his homeland, Italy, in various non-coaching capacities at AC Prato and Brescia. He held positions as the head of academy, chief scout and director of football and is now set to come on board in a similar capacity to the former with the Reds.
