In an effort to halt Nottingham Forest’s slump, Nuno Espirito Santo has told his players to spend more time together at the training facility.
In his debut match at the City Ground against Bournemouth, the Portuguese manager looks to snap a 13-game losing streak.
One of Nuno’s core convictions is that instead of leaving the field right away after training, his players ought to have lunch together and stay until the afternoon.
He said: ‘We have a bigger lounge area at the training ground and that allows the players to spend more time together and eat together. It’s the first step.
‘There are some players who don’t speak English and they have to move forward with this because our communication generally will be in English.
‘Of course I can address them in French or Portuguese if necessary but they have to learn English to speak to each other, eat together. If you allow the players to finish the training session and go straight home, you lose a big opportunity for them to engage.
‘We have two nutritionists, so they have to justify their job! If you make sure the players eat well, then they can go home.
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Nuno has promised a clean slate for every player but has already but his squad on notice that he believes it is too large. Defenders Joe Worrall and Scott McKenna did not see eye to eye with former boss Steve Cooper at the end of his tenure but both are thought to have been brought back into the fold.
