Postecoglou sacked as Forest line up Mancini and Dyche

Nottingham Forest caput coach Ange Postecoglou was sacked conscionable 17 minutes aft nan side's 3-0 conclusion by Chelsea astatine nan City Ground connected Saturday.

The Australian's dismissal - 39 days aft his assignment connected 9 September - intends Postecoglou's stint astatine Forest is nan shortest imperishable managerial reign successful Premier League history.

BBC Sport understands Forest person made interaction pinch ex-Everton leader Sean Dyche pinch a position to replacing Postecoglou, while erstwhile Manchester City head Roberto Mancini is different imaginable candidate.

Postecoglou grounded to triumph immoderate of his 8 matches successful complaint of Forest, pinch 2 draws and six defeats crossed each competitions.

Forest collected conscionable 1 constituent from Postecoglou's 5 Premier League matches successful charge, leaving nan broadside 1 constituent supra nan relegation area successful 17th connected his departure and successful nan bottommost 3 pursuing nan day's later games.

"Nottingham Forest Football Club tin corroborate that aft a bid of disappointing results and performances, Ange Postecoglou has been relieved of his duties arsenic caput coach pinch contiguous effect," a Forest connection read.

"The nine will make nary further remark astatine this time."

Postecoglou's staff, including Nick Montgomery, Mile Jedinak and Sergio Raimundo are besides expected to leave.

Forest proprietor Evangelos Marinakis was astatine nan City Ground to witnesser nan conclusion by Chelsea but was pictured leaving his spot astir nan 67th minute.

He did not present nan news to Postecoglou, pinch a elder nine charismatic alternatively telling nan 60-year-old - though that is not unusual.

Postecoglou past said goodbye to his players, leaving them pinch an apology it did not activity and that he was not capable to present what he was brought successful to do.

Many fans headed for nan exit erstwhile Reece James put Chelsea 3-0 up six minutes from time, and location were jeers from nan location fans astatine nan full-time whistle.

Postecoglou's departure intends Forest are searching for their 3rd head already this season, having sacked Nuno Espirito Santo conscionable 3 matches into nan campaign.

BBC Sport understands Forest person made early interaction pinch erstwhile Everton head Sean Dyche pinch a position to replacing Postecoglou, while ex-Manchester City head Roberto Mancini is different contender.

Dyche has been retired of activity since being sacked by nan Toffees successful January, while Macini's past domiciled was successful complaint of Saudi Arabia's nationalist side.

Mancini has Premier League experience, having led City to nan Premier League title successful 2012.

While talks person been held pinch Dyche, sources bespeak that an statement is not a foregone conclusion.

There is besides awesome soul support for Fulham head Marco Silva, but he is understood to person a 'significant' merchandise clause successful his statement which provides an obstacle for Forest.

Importantly, Mancini and Dyche are retired of activity and disposable without nan request to salary for their release.

Postecoglou's departure aft 39 days successful complaint intends he has surgery Les Reed's grounds for nan shortest reign - successful position of days successful complaint - of immoderate imperishable managerial assignment successful Premier League history.

Reed spent 40 days successful complaint of Charlton Athletic successful 2006 and was sacked having 1 conscionable 1 of his 8 matches successful complaint successful each competitions.

Sam Allardyce, who managed 30 days successful complaint of Leeds United, was an interim assignment astatine Elland Road.

Former Crystal Palace leader Frank De Boer still holds nan grounds for nan fewest matches managed by a imperishable assignment successful nan Premier League, having overseen 4 games successful complaint astatine Selhurst Park.

Postecoglou managed Forest 5 times successful nan Premier League.

The Australian was informed of his sacking aft speaking to his players successful nan dressing room pursuing nan conclusion against Enzo Maresca's side.

"Ange came successful aft nan game, debriefed nan crippled and past I went retired to do immoderate running, I came backmost and news had collapsed that he had gone," Forest defender Ryan Yates told BBC Radio 5 Live.

"Everybody has to return responsibility. I deliberation it would beryllium unfair to pin it connected anybody. We person to look ourselves successful nan reflector and particulate ourselves down and spell again because things successful shot tin alteration really quickly."

BBC Radio 5 Live newsman Lee Blakeman was waiting successful nan passageway astatine nan Forest Ground for post-match interviews erstwhile nan news emerged that Postecoglou had been sacked.

"I've ne'er seen thing for illustration it successful my 15 years of covering shot for nan BBC," said Blakeman.

"I came down from nan stands, made my measurement to nan passageway and arsenic I arrived different broadcaster conscionable mouthed to maine 'he's been sacked'.

"A connection dropped astatine nan aforesaid clip connected nan club's societal media channels.

"Down present it was conscionable frantic activity. Ange Postecoglou was seen leaving nan dressing room. The media squad were connected their phones.

"The players were led retired of nan dressing room to be a gathering pinch representatives of nan club's board.

"Media group were asking were we going to get anyone to speak to. There was conscionable glum expressions of anybody wearing a Nottingham Forest badge."

Former England skipper Alan Shearer believes Marinakis must return a stock of nan blasted for Postecoglou's sacking.

"Ultimately nan results haven't been bully capable and that is connected Ange. But nan proprietor has to return immoderate work too. He chose Ange, it was his appointment," Shearer told BBC Sport.

"How tin you spell from a head successful Nuno pinch 1 style of play to personification for illustration Ange who everyone knows wants his teams to play successful a wholly different way?"

Nuno guided Forest to seventh successful nan Premier League past season, having spent overmuch of nan run battling for a Champions League spot.

Forest had nan joint-fourth champion defence successful nan division, conceding 46 times successful 38 matches.

Postecoglou's Tottenham, by contrast, scored 64 to Forest's 58, but conceded 65 times to decorativeness pinch a -1 extremity difference.

"It was inevitable but I don't deliberation it's right," erstwhile Manchester City defender Micah Richards told BBC Sport.

"He was only fixed 8 games and a opposition of styles was ever going to beryllium a factor.

"Forest went from 1 of nan champion counter-attacking managers to 1 who wanted to beryllium much expansive - it was ne'er going to activity consecutive away.

"Postecoglou is simply a bully head but it's imaginable his media outbursts haven't helped. It looked for illustration he could person been nan correct fresh but much clip was needed.

"The absorbing point now is - will nan adjacent head beryllium short word aliases agelong term? What are Forest trying to beryllium - was past play a one-off?

"I cognize Tottenham vanished 5th successful Ange's first play but if you're going disconnected Ange's grounds past season, he should ne'er person been appointed by Forest."

When Postecoglou arrived astatine nan City Ground, Forest were 10th successful nan Premier League and connected nan cusp of playing successful Europe for nan first clip successful 3 decades.

Marinakis said Posetcoglou's acquisition astatine nan "highest level" on pinch "his desire to build thing special" made him a cleanable fresh for nan club.

But it was acold from a cleanable commencement for Postecoglou, arsenic Forest were beaten 3-0 distant astatine Arsenal successful his opening match.

A mediocre commencement was cemented erstwhile Forest were knocked retired of nan Carabao Cup by Swansea City, erstwhile they threw distant a 2-0 lead successful Wales.

Draws pinch Burnley successful nan Premier League and Real Betis successful nan Europa League did small to quieten a increasing discontent.

The bubbling anger spilled complete aft a 3-2 conclusion astatine location to Midtjylland successful nan Europa League, erstwhile a conception of Forest supporters chanted "you're getting sacked successful nan morning" towards nan erstwhile Celtic boss.

Postecoglou was defiant aft a 2-0 conclusion by Newcastle earlier nan world break, saying: "I emotion a fight" successful nan look of questions astir his job.

But a 3-0 conclusion by Chelsea astatine location proved a conclusion excessively acold for Postecoglou, who has now been sacked doubly successful nan past 5 months by Premier League clubs.