the former wolves and spurs manager, nuno espirito santo, has been in talks with the club and his appointment is expected to be confirmed shortly. colin hazleden has more. yes, well, there are moments at football clubs, sporting institutions, when boards, when owners know exactly what needs to be done whether a manager should stay and fight or whether they should be asked to move on and make room for the next person through the doors. that has not been the case here at forest. it has not been obvious. and the reason is the connection steve cooper had built with this club and with its fans picking them up at the bottom of the championship, taking them to the premier league, getting them to stay in the premier league against the odds. what he s done is given whole generations of fans a connection and experience they ve never actually had before. that s how far you ve got to go back, how special it has been. and that is why there s been the delay, because one win in 13, not
at the city ground last friday night proved to be cooper s last game in charge. the former wolves and spurs manager, nuno espirito santo, has been in talks with the club and his appointment is expected to be confirmed shortly. colin hazleden has more. yes, well, there are moments at football clubs, sporting institutions, when boards, when owners know exactly what needs to be done whether a manager should stay and fight or whether they should be asked to move on and make room for the next person through the doors. that has not been the case here at forest. it has not been obvious. and the reason is the connection steve cooper had built with this club and with its fans picking them up at the bottom of the championship, taking them to the premier league, getting them to stay in the premier league against the odds. what he s done is given whole generations of fans a connection and experience they ve never actually had before. that s how far you ve got to go back, how special
colin hazleden has more. yes, well, there are moments at football clubs, sporting institutions, when boards, when owners know exactly what needs to be done whether a manager should stay and fight or whether they should be asked to move on and make room for the next person through the doors. that has not been the case here at forest. it has not been obvious. and the reason is the connection steve cooper had built with this club and with its fans picking them up at the bottom of the championship, taking them to the premier league, getting them to stay in the premier league against the odds. what he s done is given whole generations of fans a connection and experience they ve never actually had before. that s how far you ve got to go back, how special it has been. and that is why there s been the delay, because one win in 13, not even won since bonfire night, that would have done for most managers long ago. but the owner evangelos marinakis has held on until tonight to pull
incredible things. mainly to win the champions league. when we are here, it s a trophy you play once in a lifetime. against fluminense a, a brazilian team, to experience a lot of quality. later, liverpool take on west ham at anfield for the last place in the league cup semi finals. newcastle united manager eddie howe says he s sticking by defender kieran trippier despite the mistakes that contributed to their league cup quarterfinal defeat on penalties against chelsea. newcastle had led 1 0 going into injury time when chelsea substitute mykhailo mudryk pounced on a mistake by trippier to send the game to spot kicks. the newcastle defender then missed newcastle s second penalty in the shoot out. matt ritchie s was then saved which meant chelsea joined middlesbrough and fulham in the semi finals. trips is an incredibly strong character, as i said many times, it is a transformative signing. someone who s taken the group onto a different level. he s been the heartbeat of that. he