Nottingham Forest 'Identify Replacement' For Ange Postecoglou

Nottingham Forest have already identified their replacement for Ange Postecoglou should they decide to make a second managerial sacking of the season.

Amid a fall-out with Nuno Espirito Santo, Evangelos Marinakis sacked the man who led Forest back into European football with a seventh placed finish last term.

He quickly replaced the Portuguese with Postecoglou, who had been given his marching orders at Spurs despite winning the Europa League.

But the Australian has had a dreadful start to life at the City Ground, failing to win any of his first seven games in charge.

Forest were knocked out the Carabao Cup by Championship side Swansea in one of five defeats suffered.

Ange Postecoglou is yet to win a game at Forest. Image: Getty

Postecoglou has been subjected to chants of 'You're getting sacked in the morning' by his own supporters and pressure only increased on the 60-year-old after a 2-0 loss to Newcastle United last time out.

And according to The Telegraph, there is already a frontrunner for the Forest job if Marinakis decided to abandon his Postecoglou experiment.

It's claimed that Sean Dyche is in the frame if Postecoglou gets the boot, with the 54-year-old having been out of work since being dismissed by Everton in January.

Dyche was an apprentice at Forest in his youth when Brian Clough was at the helm, before leaving without making a first-team appearance.

He lives in Nottingham and his trusted right-hand man Ian Woan had a 10-year stint with Forest.

Dyche has extensive experience of keeping teams in the Premier League as seen by his work at Burnley and Everton and Forest may already be in a relegation fight, with just one win from seven leaving them in 17th place.

Dyche is the leading contender for the Forest job if it becomes vacant. Image: Getty

Forest host Chelsea on Saturday in their next game and Postecoglou is expected to be in the dugout despite the speculation surrounding his future.

But a negative result and further fan backlash could prompt a change, with Dyche the leading contender.

The report notes that Marinakis has even contemplated bringing back a manager he sacked in Steve Cooper - though the Welshman is currently the manager of Danish side Brondby.

Fulham boss Marco Silva was also touted as a possible option but compensation could prove challenging.