Forest gain no loss for Blues

DYCHE & SILVA COULDN'T TURN TOFFEES' FORTUNES

- By CHRIS BEESLEY ECHO Reporter [e-mail] @CBeesleyEcho

AFTER digesting another game where Erling Haaland hardly has a kick for almost an hour but then scores with his first chance to put Manchester City on their way to another victory over Everton, beleaguered Blues woke up on Sunday to be told that not one but two of their recent managers were in the frame to become the new Nottingham Forest boss.

A report in the Independent claimed that Forest want Marco Silva to replace Ange Postecoglou, in addition to Sean Dyche and Roberto Mancini.

For those who thought Nuno Espirito Santo, who had secured European qualification for Forest on the back of a counterattacking, possession-light approach (they'd been on course for the Champions League until they were derailed by Abdoulaye Doucoure’s stoppage-time winner for Everton on April 12) and Postecoglou with his high-line defence were chalk and cheese, what about those names for an unlikely ‘Holy Trinity?’

Silva might be first choice, but he looks the toughest to get given that we're told Fulham would want £10million (Farhad Moshiri once footed a similar bill after sacking Roberto Martinez) for his services he is understood to have a £13million buyout clause and is reluctant to move mid-season but the Portuguese tactician has worked under owner Evangelos Marinakis previously having delivered the Greek title for him at Olympiakos in 2017.

The report adds that Dyche is extremely keen on the job, having previously described it as an ambition due to being a boyhood Forest fan, but is reluctant to accept a short-term contract but the club only want to commit to a longer-term deal if they feel it is the right choice, given the instability there this season.