Steve Cooper

Evangelos Marinakis sent a veiled warning to Steve Cooper in his statement · Forest are in 17th place hovering above relegation based on their goal difference ...

to confirm that Steve Cooper remains our manager at Nottingham Forest,' said Marinakis in 'There can be no time for distractions, rumours and speculation. Results and performances must improve immediately.

All the latest Nottingham Forest news and views from NottinghamshireLive as the fallout from last night's 2-1 loss at Leeds United continues.

Football has moved, it’s changed and the game-plan is that managers have to be good from the get-go. Unless you have a better alternative you might as well stick rather than twist.” There’s a scenario where the person in office is so toxic, it doesn’t matter who you replace them with, you have just got to get them out of the building. There is the other scenario where you have got a better alternative. [White and Jordan show on talkSPORT](https://talksport.com/topic/jim-white-simon-jordan-talksport/), the former Crystal Palace chairman admitted he didn’t have much sympathy for managers who find themselves sacked. [Have your say here](https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport/football/football-news/nottingham-forest-steve-cooper-leeds-8325582#comments-wrapper) “Anyone suggesting that Nottingham Forest, despite the emotive outbursts from the owner when they got promoted last year, which is entirely understandable because he is exhilarated with the circumstances – Nottingham Forest have landed back in the Premier League after 23 years. Brian Clough is a true Nottingham Forest legend. But Aston Villa with equally as well-heeled and well-financed people in their first season in the Premier League finished fourth from bottom and managed to escape relegation by the skin of their teeth. So I am not in the camp, I don’t have one single scintilla of sympathy for managers that get fired because most of the time they get fired for reasons that are in their jurisdiction. We will post UK and worldwide. [Cooper sends message to Forest fans after 'letting them down' with defeat](https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport/football/football-news/nottingham-forest-steve-cooper-leeds-8323064)

Club owner Evangelos Marinakis issues a statement – but does not appear to fully back his manager – after reports that he would be sacked.

“There can be no time for distractions, rumours and speculation. Results and performances must improve immediately. Earlier on Wednesday some media outlets had reported that Cooper was likely to be sacked.

The club are 17th in the Premier League after a defeat to fellow strugglers Leeds.

[has been mentioned as a possible candidate for the vacancy at Tottenham](/sport/football/tottenham-manager-steve-cooper-antonio-conte-b2297532.html), who moved on from Antonio Conte last month. [After a 2-1 defeat to fellow relegation battlers Leeds on Tuesday,](/sport/football/steve-cooper-nottingham-forest-leeds-defeat-jack-harrison-b2314284.html) the club are now only out of the [Premier League](/topic/premier-league)’s bottom three on goal difference, with fixtures against Manchester United and Liverpool to come in the next three weeks. “There can be no time for distractions, rumours and speculation.

Cooper's position has come under heavy scrutiny with the club in the relegation zone after a run of eight Premier League games without a win. They also boast ...

“There can be no time for distractions, rumours and speculation. Results and performances must improve immediately,” the statement continued. [Wolves](https://theathletic.com/football/team/wolverhampton-wanderers/) and defeat at [Leeds United](https://theathletic.com/football/team/leeds-united/) on Tuesday night.

A 2-1 defeat at Leeds on Tuesday night cast doubt over the Welshman's status at the City Ground.

Results improved but their recent eight-game winless run has seen the spectre of relegation return to haunt the Nottingham outfit once more. “That’s just the way I’m wired. “There can be no time for distractions, rumours and speculation.

Nottingham Forest will hold talks with manager Steve Cooper in the coming days and he could leave his role before Saturday's trip to Aston Villa.

Momentum is key when it gets to the back end of the season and Forest may be looking at this thinking they can no longer wait for things to improve while others around them pick up points. Crystal Palace and Leicester are two clubs that may actually suit him better than Forest does, and his track record of developing players won't have gone unnoticed. Unfortunately, the club are neck deep in relegation trouble and they have offered very little away from home all season long. "I am not someone who thinks like that," Cooper said when asked after the game about his Forest future. "I have been answering questions about myself for a little while now. That is how I am wired.

Nottingham Forest have denied any immediate plans are in place to sack Steve Cooper following their 2-1 defeat to Leeds on Tuesday night.