Mansfield Town have announced that Nottingham Forest great Nigel Clough has agreed a new contract with the club.
The 57-year-old has agreed a new one-year deal with the Stags, with the option of a further year. The decision comes just days after the club missed out on the League Two play-offs by a single goal on the final day of the season.
A club statement released on Tuesday afternoon confirmed the news, with chairman John Radford and co-chair Carolyn Radford reacting to the news. “Despite the disappointment of missing out on a top seven finish this season by the finest of margins, there can be no doubting the progress we have made with Nigel at the helm,” they said.
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“Like us, he is determined to improve on the final league standing from the two previous seasons and we will offer all the support we can to help him fulfil our ambitions in 2023-24.
“The news also underlines our requirement for stability and continuity as we aim to build on last season and we are sure that our magnificent supporters will be greatly heartened to learn that Nigel will be extending his stay with the Stags.”
The new deal will extend Clough’s two-and-a-half years at the club who were in 22nd place in the league when he took over in November 2020. Clough has since guided them to safety at the end of that season before achieving a place in the play-offs last season. Clough himself also spoke of his delight at extending his stay.
“I’m delighted to have agreed a new deal in principle and am looking forward to tying it up in the next few days,” he told the club’s website. “As I said after the game on Monday, we can’t wait for next season and we feel that with a few new additions we can be up there challenging again.
“We’ve made progress in the last two-and-a-half years but ultimately not with the desired outcome. With that said, we feel we’re getting closer and without the injuries of the last season, there’s no doubt that we would have been closer still.”
Clough played a total of 230 times for Forest during his playing career, scoring 60 goals and providing nine assists. He left for Liverpool in 1993, before returning to the club on loan from Man City in December 1996.
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