Postecoglou was sacked by Tottenham on the finish of final season following a dismal Premier League season after they completed seventeenth.

Nevertheless, the Australian led Spurs to a historic Europa League victory on the finish of the season to finish the membership’s long-running trophy drought.

Forest at present sit tenth within the Premier League desk after their opening three video games of the season.

After 21 months in cost, Nuno’s final match in cost was a 3-0 defeat by West Ham earlier than September’s worldwide break.

The 51-year-old Portuguese coach took cost of Forest in December 2023 after the dismissal of Steve Cooper and helped protect their top-flight standing.

Final time period he guided the membership to seventh within the Premier League – their highest end since 1994-95 – as they certified for Europe for the primary time in three many years.

BBC Sport understands Forest’s gamers have been caught without warning by Nuno’s departure.

A lot of them are on worldwide responsibility and never due again for coaching till later this week.

However phrase unfold, with some gamers listening to the information from different members of the squad.

It’s thought Postecoglou will probably be appointed earlier than Forest’s journey to Arsenal on Saturday.

He would develop into the eighth everlasting supervisor since Evangelos Marinakis took over the membership in Could 2017.