Aitor Karanka: Nottingham Forest appoint ex-Middlesbrough boss as new manager
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Championship club Nottingham Forest have named former Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka as their new boss.
Karanka has agreed a two-and-a-half-year deal to replace Mark Warburton, who was sacked on 31 December after nine months in charge.
The 44-year-old Spaniard has been out of work since being dismissed by Boro in March 2017.
Karanka spent three and a half years on Teesside, earning promotion to the Premier League in the 2015-16 season.
But he was sacked with the club in the relegation zone following a run of 10 games without a win.
His first game as Reds boss will be against Aston Villa at the City Ground on 13 January, while he can also look forward to an FA Cup fourth-round tie at Hull City following Forest's 4-2 victory over Arsenal on Sunday.
Forest are 14th in the Championship, 11 points below the play-off places.
Chairman Nicholas Randall said: "He is an exceptional candidate who fully subscribes to the vision of the club's owners and board for the future of the club.
"Our objective is clear: we want to continue building this fantastic football club and lead it to a bright future.
"The wonderful supporters of the club deserve success and a return to the Premier League. We are all working hard off the pitch to achieve this goal and we believe that Aitor will ensure that we can get the job done on the field of play."
Karanka is Nottingham Forest's 10th full-time manager since Billy Davies' dismissal in June 2011.
The former Real Madrid assistant had reportedly been close to leaving Middlesbrough in March 2016 after a training-ground row, with similar reports preceding his eventual departure 12 months later.
He had helped Middlesbrough avoid relegation from the Championship in his first season at the club, having taken over with them 16th in the table, before leading them back to the Premier League after a seven-year absence in the following campaign.
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PS. Well done Forest, great club and a much deserved victory over the Gooners!
Good luck Aitor, you inherit a fantastic side with an academy that’s going places. With your past experience we need to be back where we belong. COYR
no one cares about tinpot forest!!!
So a tinpot club that has won more Euroepan Cups than all of the London Clubs combined (with all their dubiously sourced 'investment') and has a higher average home attendence than 50% of the current premier league clubs.
No doubt your sandwiches are made of spam...jeez
#UTB
Your post was going really well until you wanted Leeds back in the Premier League. The Premier League is all the better for them not being in it.
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Just joking, I'm a Derby fan, but miss the days when Forest finished third, and the days when we were in the Prem with you and Leicester.
Hopefully the East Midlands will be as represented in the Prem in seasons to come.
A fair appointment for us, better than some in the frame over the last week. Sort out our defending, recognise and keep our academy stars & acknowledge the work Gary Brazil is doing.
You Reds.