How Nottingham Forest must yearn for a little mundanity. Even by the standards of this endearingly quirky football club, the past few weeks have been chaotic.
They have mourned the sacking of the manager who pulled them from the Championship’s doldrums. They have appointed Nick De Marco KC, a leading sports lawyer, with the club waiting to hear whether they have been found to have breached the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability rules. They have even faced questions about why the termination of Jonjo Shelvey’s contract was originally reported as a loan.
