{"id":3693,"date":"2026-07-17T03:59:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T03:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/?p=3693"},"modified":"2026-07-17T03:59:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T03:59:25","slug":"oliver-glasner-appointed-nottingham-forest-manager-on-three-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/07\/17\/oliver-glasner-appointed-nottingham-forest-manager-on-three-year-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Glasner Appointed Nottingham Forest Manager on Three-Year Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nottingham Forest have ushered in a new era with the appointment of Oliver Glasner<\/strong>, who insists he is undeterred by the club\u2019s recent history of rapid managerial turnover. The 51-year-old Austrian was officially unveiled at the City Ground<\/strong> on Wednesday, having signed a three-year contract to become Forest\u2019s fourth permanent manager in less than a year.<\/p>\n

Glasner, who left Crystal Palace at the end of last season, arrives at a club that has experienced extraordinary instability in the dugout. He replaces Vitor Pereira<\/strong> following a turbulent 12-month period that also saw Ange Postecoglou and Sean Dyche take charge. The managerial carousel<\/strong> began last summer with the departure of Nuno Espirito Santo, leading to four different coaches leading the team since September.<\/p>\n

Despite the high casualty rate among his predecessors, the former Eintracht Frankfurt<\/strong> boss\u2014who famously guided the German side to UEFA Europa League glory in 2022\u2014remains unfazed by the precarious nature of modern football management.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never sign and think about getting sacked,\u201d Glasner said. \u201cI just think: \u2018OK, what do we have to do to bring success to the club?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Addressing the lack of continuity, Glasner used a colorful matrimonial analogy. \u201cNobody wants to get divorced. I don\u2019t know how it\u2019s in England but in Austria it\u2019s 50%,\u201d he joked. \u201cSo when you ask them at the wedding, they would say \u2018yeah, not us\u2019 but it happens. Every single club wants to have the same manager for a decade, have the same players as long as possible but that\u2019s just not the real world \u2013 due to different reasons, due to different expectations, different plans in your life.\u201d<\/p>\n

At Crystal Palace, Glasner built a reputation for high-intensity, transition-based football, guiding the South London club to FA Cup and Europa Conference League success before stepping down in May. While his Palace teams frequently utilized a dynamic back-three system, Glasner cautioned that he will not simply replicate his previous tactical blueprint in the East Midlands.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not here to be Palace 2,\u201d Glasner warned. \u201cThe habits and the patterns are important, how to attack and defend, the spirit you create, to create a shared way of playing and understanding of what we want to do. I told the players I don\u2019t know if we will play a back four or back three, we will get the players where they feel comfortable and it\u2019s important they all play in their best positions.\u201d<\/p>\n

To implement his philosophy, Glasner will need to navigate a shifting squad dynamic. Forest are pivoting away from the wholesale spending<\/strong> that defined their return to the top flight, which included a \u00a3180 million recruitment drive last year. Instead, the club is prioritizing targeted quality over sheer quantity.<\/p>\n

A primary objective is recruiting a midfielder to fill the void left by Elliot Anderson<\/strong> following his record-breaking move to Manchester City. The club is also actively targeting a goalkeeper and an additional striker.<\/p>\n

Glasner admitted his natural eagerness has made the wait for new arrivals difficult, particularly with transfer activity slowed by players resting after the World Cup.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have one strength and weakness \u2013 it\u2019s impatience,\u201d Glasner admitted. \u201cSometimes it\u2019s a strength, sometimes it\u2019s a weakness. Of course, I would have hoped they had already trained with us. It\u2019s impossible because the players we\u2019re now talking to played at the World Cup so are still on vacation. I\u2019m pretty convinced we will have a few players joining us in Portugal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Glasner\u2019s tenure on the pitch begins on Saturday with a local pre-season friendly against Notts County<\/strong>. The fixture offers a historic nod to one of football’s oldest local rivalries, with Notts County’s Meadow Lane stadium situated just a short distance across the River Trent from Forest’s home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nottingham Forest have ushered in a new era with the appointment of Oliver Glasner, who insists he is undeterred by the club\u2019s recent history of rapid managerial turnover. The 51-year-old Austrian was officially unveiled at the City Ground on Wednesday, having signed a three-year contract to become Forest\u2019s fourth permanent manager in less than a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5910,5913,4490,5912,5915,4487,5911,5914],"class_list":["post-3693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-city-ground","tag-eintracht-frankfurt","tag-elliot-anderson","tag-managerial-carousel","tag-notts-county","tag-oliver-glasner","tag-vitor-pereira","tag-wholesale-spending"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3694,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3693\/revisions\/3694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}