Ange Postecoglou has shared fresh details of his ‘brutal’ sacking at Nottingham Forest, with the Australian dismissed just 18 minutes after his final game in charge.
Postecoglou, 60, endured a miserable spell with the East Midlands club after taking over from Nuno Espirito Santo earlier this season.
He oversaw an eight-game winless run, with owner Evangelos Marinakis giving him his marching orders after just 39 days in charge, with the team’s 3-0 loss at home to Chelsea the final nail in the coffin for the charismatic Australian.
Postecoglou has since admitted that the decision to join Forest was not the right one, but in an interview with SEN 116 back in Australia, he has shed light on the aftermath of the Chelsea defeat and his dismissal.
‘I haven’t told the story but it was brutal mate, I literally got sacked straight after the game,’ he said.
‘I knew it was coming so it was one of those that could come any day now but they literally sacked me straight after the game. I hadn’t done the press yet but the press already knew. I just wanted to leave because I was going to do something I regret.
Ange Postecoglou has revealed new details behind his brutal sacking at Nottingham Forest
The Australian was dismissed by owner Evangelos Marinakis 18 minutes after the team lost 3-0 to Chelsea at home
‘I hadn’t spoken to the assistant coaches who I knew also were probably going to be sacked so I needed to say something to them and I’m doing this walking through throes of press and people who are just all looking at me and I just wanted to get out of there.
‘Security said to me Ange, how do you want to get out of here, you know [with] Premier League games all the roads are blocked for half an hour.
‘And then after half an hour they said Ange, the roads have opened but there’s obviously traffic out there and they did there best to try and get me through.
‘I got stuck at one set of traffic lights for at least 15 minutes, I’ve got Chelsea supporters giving it to me, Forest supporters weren’t much kinder.
‘I’m sitting in the car laid back and in between I got little kids coming up asking for a selfie, so what do you do, I don’t want to disappoint. So I paid for my penance, whatever mistake I made, I paid a pretty heavy price for it.’
Postecoglou was replaced by Sean Dyche, who was sacked by Forest in February. New boss Vitor Pereira is the club’s fourth manager in charge this season.
Forest’s 3-0 win at Tottenham on Sunday gave them much-needed breathing space in the relegation fight, with Pereira’s side three points clear of 18th-placed West Ham.
