Nottingham Forest set for management shake-up with a new sporting director in Filippo Giraldi

Published on: 05 October 2022

Nottingham Forest are bringing in former Watford chief scout Filippo Giraldi as their new sporting director.

The 48-year old Italian, who also served as Watford’s technical director for three years, will come in as part of an anticipated management reshuffle at Forest.

Giraldi will be given the task of auditing the current structure and evaluating the roles of staff as owner Evangelos Marinakis looks to get the best out of his club and investment.

Giraldi joined Watford from Brescia when the Pozzi family bought the Vicarage Road club in 2012 and was key in identifying talents such as Etienne Capoue, Abdoulaye Doucoure, Richarlison, Ismaila Sarr and Joao Pedro.

He was chief scout for five years before being elevated to technical director but left Watford in November 2020 after his relationship with Gino Pozzo broke down.

Watford have developed a reputation for having little patience with coaches and a high turnover of staff, which will seem ominous for under fire Steve Cooper, but Marinakis is not keen to follow the same pattern and wants Giraldi to use his experience to assess the situation thoroughly before making decisions.

The futures of chief executive Dane Murphy, head of recruitment George Syrianos and scout Andy Scott are also due to be discussed.

Forest recognise the urgency of improving results and their Premier League standing so are eager to get the optimum levels out of all staff.

Giraldi will be charged with helping to achieve that but more changes are anticipated.

Source: m.allfootballapp.com

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