Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis is still considering several candidates to replace Ange Postecoglou as head coach, despite being close to agreeing terms with Sean Dyche.

Postecoglou was sacked on Saturday after a 3-0 home defeat to Chelsea, with confirmation from the club coming just 18 minutes after full-time.

Dyche is understood to be the frontrunner to replace him, but other names are still in the frame, including Roberto Mancini and Marco Silva .

Marinakis has a long-term admiration for the Fulham boss since Silva managed his Olympiacos team, but getting the Portuguese is not straightforward despite his contract currently expiring next summer.

Forest will struggle to pay compensation for any new manager right now, Sky Sports News has been told, because of their P

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