In the five years before Cooper arrived, it made 69 transfers and cycled through five different managers. The old-fashioned way of doing things bringing in the players and managers with the biggest reputations you can find and expecting it will come together just doesn’t cut it anymore.īut for a long while it’s seemed as if Forest’s approach has been based on this method. Teams like Brentford and Brighton and Hove Albion have managed to ascend to the top-flight by leveraging the power of data and pioneering new ideas. The gap between the revenue in the top division at the leagues below it has become so large even clubs with reputations far less storied than Forest have earnings that put them way ahead of the Reds.Īny advantage historical prestige gave a club has been eroded too, innovation and strategy are far more important.Īs I pointed out in May last year, when Brentford made it to the Premier League, having a better plan than your opponents is what provides the edge. Their ascent to the top-table was guided by the managerial genius of Brian Clough and, except for Leicester City’s title win in 2015-16, represents the last time a true outsider was successful in their ascent to the very top.īut relegation from the top-flight in the 1998-99 season has led to over two decades in the wilderness, including four seasons in the third tier of English soccer.ĭuring that time there has never been any question of the club’s potential, but the opportunity to ascend back to the top, in the way it did previously has become more and more distant. Getty Imagesįorest themselves were arguably the perfect case study, rising from mid-table second division side to European champions within a few years.
(Photo by Duncan Raban/Allsport/Getty Images). on before the 1980 European Cup Final between Hamburg SV and Nottingham Forest at Santiago Bernabau Stadium on in Madrid, Spain, The 1980 European Cup was the last trophy that Clough and Taylor would win as a partnership.
He previously worked as the head coach of City’s elite development squad.MADRID, SPAIN - MAY 28: Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough (R) and assistant Peter Taylor look. Maresca has terminated his contract with Parma to assist Pep Guardiola. Manchester City are bringing Enzo Maresca back on to their coaching staff to replace Juanma Lillo, who has left to manage Al-Sadd in Qatar. Schreuder said he was working on the assumption that the defender Jurrien Timber, also wanted by Ten Hag, was staying. United are not his only suitors and Ten Hag’s successor as Ajax’s manager, Alfred Schreuder, told ESPN in the Netherlands on Friday: “Clearly we want to keep that boy … I really want to work with him, he knows that and the club knows that too.” More costly priority targets include Barcelona’s Frenkie de Jong and the Ajax forward Antony.Īntony’s agents have asked Ajax to listen to offers but the Brazil international’s price will be high.
The club have held talks with Watford over bringing in Daniel Bachmann as replacement backup to David de Gea. Henderson’s exit from United is part of a busy first summer under Erik ten Hag. Liverpool will get 10% of the fee under the terms of his departure.
The Nigeria international had a six-year spell at Liverpool until last July but did not make a first-team appearance and spent most of it abroad on loan. Awoniyi has agreed to the transfer after Forest triggered his £17m release clause.
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