Nottingham Forest have reportedly identified Fulham boss Marco Silva as their favoured choice to replace Ange Postecoglou.

The writing was on the wall for Postecoglou as his Forest side slumped to a limp 3-0 defeat at the hands of Chelsea on Saturday afternoon – the club’s fourth successive loss in all competitions.

Forest chairman Evangelos Marinakis was pictured leaving his seat midway through the second half and official confirmation of Postecoglou’s dismissal arrived just 17 minutes after the final whistle.

The 60-year-old, who took over the reins from Nuno Espirito Santo a little over a month ago, failed to win any of his eight matches across a miserable 39-day spell before Marinakis decided to swing the axe.

Postecoglou leaves Forest with the club languishing down in 18th place and the Australian’s short-lived spell at the City Ground represents the briefest stint of any manager in Premier League history.

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