NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) – Oliver Glassner was hired as Nottingham Forest’s fifth manager in 10 months on Monday, shortly after leaving fellow Premier League side Crystal Palace.
After giving a tour of the Palace, Glasner arrives at the City Ground to great acclaim. Conference league championship One year after winning the FA Cup last season, the club’s first trophy in its 120-year history. Midway through the 2025-26 season, Glasner announced his intention to leave the club at the end of the season. In 2022, he won the Europa League with Eintracht Frankfurt.
Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis said of Glasner: “Throughout his career, he has consistently proven that he can build good teams and succeed against the strongest competition,” adding that the club’s aim is “to re-establish ourselves among the leading clubs in England and Europe.”
Forest were back-to-back European champions in 1979 and 1980.
“Our ambition is not just to compete. Our ambition is to win, challenge for great honours, and build a football club that our supporters can be proud of for years to come,” Marinakis said.
In theory, this is a downgrade for Glasner, with Forest finishing one place below Palace in 15th place in the Premier League last season.
It could be seen as a risky decision for the Austrian manager, given that Forest had four managers under Marinakis last season. Vitor Pereira is was fired last weekarrived in February and guided the team to safety after a previous stint in the 2025-26 season with the likes of Nuno Espirito Santo, Ange Postecoglou and Sean Dyche.
It will be a blow for Palace to see the most successful manager in their history join Forest. Last season, the two clubs clashed off the field, with Palace fans accusing Marinakis of instigating the match. UEFA investigates club ownership structure As a result, Forest were relegated to the Third Division Conference League, and Forest were promoted to the Second Division Europa League instead.
Palace were fined £50,000 (approximately $67,000 at the time) in February after their supporters: provocative banner During a game between the teams on August 24, he targeted Marinakis and made creepy, unproven claims about his business career.
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