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It was 11.58pm on Tuesday, the last day of June, when the email landed in Vitor Pereira’s inbox. And this, perhaps, is the most remarkable detail of another wild, eccentric 24 hours in the modern-day story of Nottingham Forest, culminating in Oliver Glasner’s imminent appointment as their new head coach.

According to a source with knowledge of the situation, who remains anonymous to protect relationships, Pereira’s contract at Forest ran until 2027 but also had a clause that allowed either party to terminate the agreement at any time in June this year.

Forest, in other words, broke the news to him with only two minutes to spare. The email was brief and to the point. And that, for Pereira, appears to have been the only contact he has had with the key decision-makers from the City Ground.

Instead, Forest were already gearing up to make Glasner their fifth manager since last September, and the club’s hierarchy had done enough of the groundwork behind the scenes to feel assured that removing Pereira would prove worthwhile in the long run.