Nottingham Forest coach Nuno is facing dismissal due to disagreement with the club owner. According to The Athletic, Nuno has had a bad relationship with the club's sports director Edu from the beginning and has clearly expressed his dissatisfaction to the club and Edu himself.
TA said that this was a completely personal grudge between Nuno and Edu, and it was difficult to reconcile at the moment. Nuno was more aggressive and spoke extremely fiercely during this dispute, while Edu kept avoiding appearing in the club's training ground. The dispute has lasted for two months, which obviously caused great trouble to club owner Marinakis.
On the one hand, Nuno is a highly respected and widely loved coach and was even considered a strong contender for coach of the year by many last season. And Nuno signed a new contract on June 20, two and a half weeks earlier than Edou officially became the global director of the football group under Marinakis. However, Nuno did not hide his disgust towards Edu, and even more disturbingly, he turned part of his anger to the club during a series of deliberately provocative press conferences.
Although Nottingham Forest has stepped up signings recently to cover up Nuno's remarks, the cracks still exist. Marinakis may have reason to be upset with Nuno’s remarks, after all, he has been very generous when it comes to transfer spending. But the club was still shocked by Nuno's remarks, not only because of what he said, but also because of his obvious angry expression and his choice to speak publicly 24 hours before the first game of the season.
Behind the scenes, there are frequent conflicts between the top leaders inside Nottingham Forest, and since Marinakis took over in 2017, some important figures have even encouraged this conflict. But now this situation is unsettling for everyone in the club, and the speed of relationship deterioration is shocking. To some extent, this incident has sympathized with Marinakis. Apparently, he never expected Nuno to be so disgusted with Edu. Hostility arises from the first meeting and can explode almost immediately.
So are there more political factors in this? Nuno's agent is Jorge Mendes, who was once regarded as Marinakis's preferred agent in the transfer market. However, since Eric da Silva Morei joined from St. Pauli in June 2024, Mendes has not participated in any Nottingham Forest transfer. Today, the team's operations are more dominated by Hobrachin.
Edu regarded Hobrachin as a close ally, and so did Marinakis. Has Hobrachin collaborated with Marinakis in multiple business areas over the past year or so? Perhaps so. But according to TA, Mendes has nothing to do with this storm. In fact, Nuno believes that his relationship with Edu has broken down. Although Hobrachin currently plays an important role in Nottingham Forest, all contradictions stem from the relationship between Nuno and Edu. Nuno is very popular in the dressing room in Nottingham Forest, but it is a story about politics, tension, male self-esteem and suspicion, and it is not a healthy situation.