The relationship between Nuno Espírito Santo and owner Evangelos Marinakis has changed and is not as close as last season. Nottingham Forest secured European qualification after improving from a prior relegation battle. Concerns about transfer activity have created uncertainty across the club regarding which players will stay and when new signings will arrive. Those uncertainties are affecting squad confidence and the sense of unity needed for the season. The club aims to focus on matches one game at a time, but leadership misalignment and transfer doubts are undermining that approach.
I always had a very good relationship with the owner. Last season, we were very close and spoke on a daily basis.
This season it is not so well but I always believe that dialogue is important because my concern is the squad and the season we have ahead of us. Our relationship has changed and we are not as close. It is not good. I think everybody at the club should be together but this is not the reality.
We have doubts, who is going to be [here], when are [new signings] going to come? All these things create doubts, not only me but in the club. What we want is game-by-game to have
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