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Nottingham Forest fans have taken to Twitter to react after Aitor Karanka decided to leave the club at his own request, following talk of disagreements between the Spaniard and the Forest board which caused tension within the club.
The BBC reports that Karanka, who was sacked by Middlesbrough in his previous post, asked to be released from his contract at the City Ground, despite the fact his side sit seventh in the Championship table – just four points from the play-off positions.
Jose Mourinho’s former assistant was heavily backed in the summer by the Forest board, who enabled him to smash the club’s transfer-record to bring £13.2m man Joao Carvalho to the club.
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Karanka also signed 14-goal Lewis Grabban for a fee of around £6m – the news could potentially derail Forest’s season, which hasn’t gone too badly with promotion still a real possibility.
Let’s take a look at how fans of the club reacted to the huge news…