Nottingham Forest have appointed ex-Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou as their new head coach on a two-year deal.
The Australian returns to management just three months after being sacked by Spurs to replace Nuno Espirito Santo at the City Ground.
The Portuguese boss was sacked late on Monday night following a breakdown in his relationship with owner Evangelos Marinakis, and it is understood he wanted to be dismissed.
Greek Marinakis has been an admirer of Postecoglou, whose family are of Greek origin, for some time, and he was quickly identified as the leading candidate to succeed Nuno.
It means Postecoglou has been given another crack at the Premier League and European football.
The 60-year-old is set for a swift return to north London as Forest visit Tottenham’s rivals Arsenal in the Premier League on Saturday lunchtime.
Postecoglou’s first four games in charge at Forest are all away, with his first home match not until September 27 against Sunderland, live on Sky Sports.
The ex-Celtic boss spent two seasons at Spurs and ended their 17-year trophy drought last season by winning the Europa League.
But 16 days after leading Tottenham to their first European trophy in 41 years, Postecoglou was sacked following the club’s worst-ever Premier League season as they finished 17th with 22 defeats from 38 games.
Just over a month after his sacking, Marinakis presented Postecoglou with a special award in Greece for being the first coach of Greek origin to win a European trophy in the men’s game.
He said: “Ange has spoken many times about Greece. It is very important for a person to be proud and shout about his origins.
“He achieved it with a team that was not winning titles and was struggling. With this success with Tottenham, he made Greece proud.
“He is a very good coach and wherever he goes, he will make Greece proud.”
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