Oliver Glasner will succeed VĂtor Pereira as Nottingham Forest head coach with the âdisappointed and saddenedâ Portuguese making a surprise departure from the City Ground.
It is understood that there was a clause in Pereiraâs contract that meant the club could terminate his employment by the end of June â and it is understood they activated it at 11.58pm on Tuesday night, two minutes before it expired.
Pereira said the decision âcame as a complete surprise to me and without any warningâ. He added: âNaturally, I am disappointed and saddened. I truly believed in what we were building together, and I leave with a sense of pride in everything we achieved over the past months.
âI leave Nottingham Forest with no bitterness or resentment â only respect, gratitude and wonderful memories.â
Glasner left Crystal Palace at the end of last season, after their Europa Conference League victory, having run down his contract and turned down offers to stay.
The news will likely go down badly at Selhurst Park with Palace and Forest having fallen out over qualification for last seasonâs Europa League. Palace qualified after winning the FA Cup but were demoted to the Conference League after falling foul of Uefaâs multi-club ownership rules. Forest took their place and there is a lot of bad blood between the clubs as a result.
Pereiraâs departure is a shock, even if Forest have had a remarkable turnover of head coaches in the past year.
The 57-year-old was hired in February on an 18-month deal and steered Forest to Premier League safety following the sacking of Sean Dyche.
His successor will be the fourth manager brought in since Nuno EspĂrito Santo was dismissed last September. Since then Forest have also employed Ange Postecoglou, who was sacked after 39 days in charge.
Evangelos Marinikas, the Forest owner, is extremely ambitious and has invested heavily in the squad. Although Pereira did well in stabilising Forest in the Premier League there was a huge amount of disappointment at the way they exited the Europa League â which had been targeted as a winnable trophy â by losing in the semi-final to eventual winners Aston Villa.
Glasner, who is likely to sign a three-year deal, has been linked to a number of top jobs after it was confirmed in January that he would leave Palace at the end of the season. He did so as the most successful manager in the clubâs history having also won the FA Cup and Community Shield in an extraordinary two-year spell in charge.
Forest believe that the appointment of Glasner shows intent and ambition. Marinakis wants Forest to be challenging for the European places next season and believes that the Austrian is the perfect man to help them achieve that.
Glasner was considered by Manchester United, before they decided to keep faith with Michael Carrick, who had been brought in as a caretaker. He was also on Chelseaâs list before they hired Xabi Alonso.
Marinakis bought Forest in May 2017 and Glasner will be his 11th permanent manager in that time. Forest were promoted at the end of the 2021-22 season and have established themselves in the Premier League since then with the high being their seventh-placed finish under Nuno in the 2024-25 season.
Forest will see the arrival of Glasner as a coup, with the Austrianâs reputation soaring since he won the Europa League with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2022.
Glasner going to Forest stings, but I will enjoy watching it unravel
A manager would be hard-pressed to ruin their legacy at a club having delivered the first two major trophies in their 165-year history. But Oliver Glasner is giving it a good go.
The general consensus among us Crystal Palace fans, as Glasner performed a theatrical bow with the Uefa Conference League trophy at his feet in Leipzig in May, was that the Austrian was leaving to further his career at one of Europeâs biggest clubs. And he would be going with our best wishes and eternal gratitude.
Indeed, there was disbelief that he lost out on the AC Milan job to Ruben Amorim, who had left Manchester United as, statistically, their worst manager of the post-war era.
So when Telegraph Sport exclusively revealed that he was in line to replace VĂtor Pereira as the new manager of Nottingham Forest, of all clubs, every stunned Palace fan I spoke to was asking the same question.
Why?
I donât quite agree with the majority of Palace fans who argue it is a sideways step. But it stings.
Forest are a big club, and there is no doubting the ambition of Evangelos Marinakis, their owner. So appointing a serial winner in Glasner is something of a coup. But surely after the events of last season, the 51-year-old should have known to steer clear of the City Ground.
Forest were, of course, the club who successfully argued last summer that Palace, following their FA Cup win, should be demoted from the Europa League to the Conference League for breaching multi-club ownership rules.
Forest took their place in the Europa League and thus began a season of bad blood between the two clubs, and indeed owners.
The Holmesdale Fanatics, Palaceâs ultras group, unfurled a derogatory banner of Marinakis in the first league fixture between the sides in August, for which Palace were fined. They then sang all season, in unsavoury terms, about the Greek billionaire (and Uefa).
Palace fans thought they had the last laugh when winning the tournament in which Forest were supposed to be competing, thus qualifying for the Europa League a year later than expected. Forest, meanwhile, fell at the semi-final stage in the Europa League and narrowly avoided relegation from the Premier League.
Now it is Forest fans revelling in âPalace tearsâ on social media.
But fear not, Palace fans, there is a silver lining to all this. And that is the relationship between the combustible Marinakis and the volatile Glasner is almost certain to end spectacularly badly.
Glasner, remember, incurred the wrath of Palace fans in January, having told them to stay humble after they took exception to him throwing his toys out of the pram following the departure of Marc Guéhi, and announcing he would be leaving amid claims he did not feel supported by the board.
Steve Parish, the Palace chairman, stuck to his guns and refused to sack a manager who wanted out. Glasner torpedoed his chances of landing the United job with those antics, but then fell in line, won another trophy and all was forgiven.
Marinakis has a somewhat different approach. Nuno EspĂrito Santo spoke similarly out of turn when he was in charge of Forest last summer. He was soon given his marching orders.
During that tumultuous winter, Palace were on a 12-game winless run during which they suffered arguably the biggest FA Cup shock defeat in history, losing to Macclesfield.
Again, Marinakis would have pulled the trigger. He certainly sacked Sean Dyche last season for less.
Glasner will be the 11th manager Marinakis has appointed since his acquisition of Forest in May 2017. Given four managers have left the City Ground in the space of 12 months, donât expect this unlikely alliance to last long.
Glasner is Palaceâs greatest manager, and this changes nothing in that regard. But he knew how this move would go down at Selhurst Park, and there is no doubt he has tarnished his legacy. Steve Coppell, the second man on the all-time Palace list, once said: âThe only loyalty is between the supporter and his club. That will never die.â
Given âSir Steveâ also managed Brighton, I tend to agree with him.
It is understood that there was a clause in Pereiraâs contract that meant the club could terminate his employment by the end of June â and it is understood they activated it at 11.58pm on Tuesday night, two minutes before it expired.
Pereira said the decision âcame as a complete surprise to me and without any warningâ. He added: âNaturally, I am disappointed and saddened. I truly believed in what we were building together, and I leave with a sense of pride in everything we achieved over the past months.
âI leave Nottingham Forest with no bitterness or resentment â only respect, gratitude and wonderful memories.â
Glasner left Crystal Palace at the end of last season, after their Europa Conference League victory, having run down his contract and turned down offers to stay.
The news will likely go down badly at Selhurst Park with Palace and Forest having fallen out over qualification for last seasonâs Europa League. Palace qualified after winning the FA Cup but were demoted to the Conference League after falling foul of Uefaâs multi-club ownership rules. Forest took their place and there is a lot of bad blood between the clubs as a result.
Pereiraâs departure is a shock, even if Forest have had a remarkable turnover of head coaches in the past year.
The 57-year-old was hired in February on an 18-month deal and steered Forest to Premier League safety following the sacking of Sean Dyche.
His successor will be the fourth manager brought in since Nuno EspĂrito Santo was dismissed last September. Since then Forest have also employed Ange Postecoglou, who was sacked after 39 days in charge.
Evangelos Marinikas, the Forest owner, is extremely ambitious and has invested heavily in the squad. Although Pereira did well in stabilising Forest in the Premier League there was a huge amount of disappointment at the way they exited the Europa League â which had been targeted as a winnable trophy â by losing in the semi-final to eventual winners Aston Villa.
Glasner, who is likely to sign a three-year deal, has been linked to a number of top jobs after it was confirmed in January that he would leave Palace at the end of the season. He did so as the most successful manager in the clubâs history having also won the FA Cup and Community Shield in an extraordinary two-year spell in charge.
Forest believe that the appointment of Glasner shows intent and ambition. Marinakis wants Forest to be challenging for the European places next season and believes that the Austrian is the perfect man to help them achieve that.
Glasner was considered by Manchester United, before they decided to keep faith with Michael Carrick, who had been brought in as a caretaker. He was also on Chelseaâs list before they hired Xabi Alonso.
Marinakis bought Forest in May 2017 and Glasner will be his 11th permanent manager in that time. Forest were promoted at the end of the 2021-22 season and have established themselves in the Premier League since then with the high being their seventh-placed finish under Nuno in the 2024-25 season.
Forest will see the arrival of Glasner as a coup, with the Austrianâs reputation soaring since he won the Europa League with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2022.
Glasner going to Forest stings, but I will enjoy watching it unravel
A manager would be hard-pressed to ruin their legacy at a club having delivered the first two major trophies in their 165-year history. But Oliver Glasner is giving it a good go.
The general consensus among us Crystal Palace fans, as Glasner performed a theatrical bow with the Uefa Conference League trophy at his feet in Leipzig in May, was that the Austrian was leaving to further his career at one of Europeâs biggest clubs. And he would be going with our best wishes and eternal gratitude.
Indeed, there was disbelief that he lost out on the AC Milan job to Ruben Amorim, who had left Manchester United as, statistically, their worst manager of the post-war era.
So when Telegraph Sport exclusively revealed that he was in line to replace VĂtor Pereira as the new manager of Nottingham Forest, of all clubs, every stunned Palace fan I spoke to was asking the same question.
Why?
I donât quite agree with the majority of Palace fans who argue it is a sideways step. But it stings.
Forest are a big club, and there is no doubting the ambition of Evangelos Marinakis, their owner. So appointing a serial winner in Glasner is something of a coup. But surely after the events of last season, the 51-year-old should have known to steer clear of the City Ground.
Forest were, of course, the club who successfully argued last summer that Palace, following their FA Cup win, should be demoted from the Europa League to the Conference League for breaching multi-club ownership rules.
Forest took their place in the Europa League and thus began a season of bad blood between the two clubs, and indeed owners.
The Holmesdale Fanatics, Palaceâs ultras group, unfurled a derogatory banner of Marinakis in the first league fixture between the sides in August, for which Palace were fined. They then sang all season, in unsavoury terms, about the Greek billionaire (and Uefa).
Palace fans thought they had the last laugh when winning the tournament in which Forest were supposed to be competing, thus qualifying for the Europa League a year later than expected. Forest, meanwhile, fell at the semi-final stage in the Europa League and narrowly avoided relegation from the Premier League.
Now it is Forest fans revelling in âPalace tearsâ on social media.
But fear not, Palace fans, there is a silver lining to all this. And that is the relationship between the combustible Marinakis and the volatile Glasner is almost certain to end spectacularly badly.
Glasner, remember, incurred the wrath of Palace fans in January, having told them to stay humble after they took exception to him throwing his toys out of the pram following the departure of Marc Guéhi, and announcing he would be leaving amid claims he did not feel supported by the board.
Steve Parish, the Palace chairman, stuck to his guns and refused to sack a manager who wanted out. Glasner torpedoed his chances of landing the United job with those antics, but then fell in line, won another trophy and all was forgiven.
Marinakis has a somewhat different approach. Nuno EspĂrito Santo spoke similarly out of turn when he was in charge of Forest last summer. He was soon given his marching orders.
During that tumultuous winter, Palace were on a 12-game winless run during which they suffered arguably the biggest FA Cup shock defeat in history, losing to Macclesfield.
Again, Marinakis would have pulled the trigger. He certainly sacked Sean Dyche last season for less.
Glasner will be the 11th manager Marinakis has appointed since his acquisition of Forest in May 2017. Given four managers have left the City Ground in the space of 12 months, donât expect this unlikely alliance to last long.
Glasner is Palaceâs greatest manager, and this changes nothing in that regard. But he knew how this move would go down at Selhurst Park, and there is no doubt he has tarnished his legacy. Steve Coppell, the second man on the all-time Palace list, once said: âThe only loyalty is between the supporter and his club. That will never die.â
Given âSir Steveâ also managed Brighton, I tend to agree with him.
