Fawaz al-Hasawi, the increasingly beleaguered owner of Nottingham Forest, has been asking potential buyers of the club for an annual salary that could rise above £1m and a series of financial demands that include an extraordinary clause entitling him to whatever the players earn in bonuses. Those players also discussed between themselves whether they would be within their rights not to train as a protest. Red Bull also had serious aspirations of buying out Hasawi but did not like the idea of an 80-20 split. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Philippe Montanier is the seventh permanent manager in the Hasawi era but already is under threat. Pereira first started considering his future towards the end of August in the aftermath of Oliver Burke’s £13m transfer to RB Leipzig, a deal Hasawi undertook against Montanier’s wishes.

Source: The Guardian October 19, 2016 15:47 UTC