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The Guardian - World News

The Guardian - World News

Title Marinakis, seafood and ‘sweet honey’ of Europe led Glasner to join Nottingham Forest Source The Guardian - World News
Description
  • Owner ‘even more ambitious than I am’

  • Club pushing to sign Lucas Bergvall from Tottenham

Oliver Glasner said he wants to bring back the “sweet honey” of European football to Nottingham Forest and suggested the club’s owner, Evangelos Marinakis, may be one of few people more ambitious than him.

Glasner revealed talks with ­Marinakis over a seafood platter in Athens convinced him to become Forest’s fifth head coach in less than 12 months, the Austrian signing a three-year contract after a fruitful two years at Crystal Palace.

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Link https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/16/oliver-glasner-says-marinakis-ambition-convinced-him-to-take-nottingham-forest-job Published At 2026-07-16 13:03:33 (2 weeks ago)
Created At 2026-07-16 13:20:26 Updated At 2026-07-16 14:06:22