Nottingham Forest fans will be forever indebted to the work done by Steve Cooper to restore Premier League football to the City Ground.
Yesterday, Forest fans reacted as lightning struck twice for Steve Cooper, this down further south in the East Midlands with Leicester City.
Many supporters had felt guilty wanting the Foxes to be relegated this season but that was largely down to Cooper’s employment with the football club.
Now, he’s departed his latest Premier League gig after just 12 games and it remains to be seen what will come next for the Welshman.
In the aftermath of his sacking, some news has emerged that perhaps suggests that lightning has struck twice for Cooper – and now just because he’s been handed his papers again.
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The reason Steve Cooper was sacked by Leicester
It’s been claimed by The Telegraph that Cooper banished Jannik Vestergaard from a training session last week.
The Danish player wasn’t involved on Saturday as Leicester lost to Chelsea and this smacks of the treatment that Cooper handed out to Joe Worrall.
On the face of things, Cooper is all sweetness and light – a darling in the eyes of the media – but perhaps there is a more sinister side to his management.
Worrall was seemingly banished from proceedings around 12 months ago when he didn’t take lightly to being told that he would be on the bench for a clash with Aston Villa.
Cooper has a reported bust-up with Worrall and the centre-back was removed from the squad completely and didn’t play again until Nuno Espirito Santo came in.
Cooper now needs EFL gig to revive his managerial career
This tenure will do Cooper no favours at all when it comes to getting another job in the Premier League.
Some will point to the fact that he had just 12 games to stamp his ideas on things with Leicester but his record in the Premier League is hardly great.
Cooper is a master of getting teams firing in the EFL, however, and now a clutch of clubs will surely be eyeing ambitious moves to poach him.
Forest will always find a place in their heart for Cooper, considering he was the man who restored Premier League football back to the agenda on Trentside.
However, the fact that lightning seems to have struck twice for Cooper suggests that he has some things to work on when it comes to his managerial tendencies.
Okay, Worrall wasn’t playing well at Forest and at the time perhaps he was out of order to kick off at Cooper.
However, the defender was still the club captain and perhaps in hindsight the station escalated over a stubborn stance from Cooper – much like the one he appears to have taken with Vestergaard.
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