Nuno Espírito Santo has cast doubt over his future at Nottingham Forest by conceding his relationship with the owner, Evangelos Marinakis, has deteriorated and acknowledging there is “no smoke without fire” amid reports he could be sacked.
Nuno secured Forest a place in European competition for the first time since 1995-96 and signed a new three-year contract in June, but his position appears in jeopardy – with Ange Postecoglou believed to be in the frame to replace him – after a series of ominous remarks in an extraordinary pre-match press conference on Friday.
