Nuno Espirito Santo's reign at Nottingham Forest ended in slow motion.
After a series of surprise outbursts from the usually guarded Portuguese, and almost a month of doubt, his 21-month City Ground reign finished abruptly with an early morning statement.
When it came to his replacement, there was no waiting as Forest moved quickly and Ange Postecoglou was appointed within 13 hours.
Nuno lit a flame when he criticised the slow pace of Forest's transfer business, before revealing his relationship with owner Evangelos Marinakis had changed from last season.
A summer spend of around £180m on 11 players would not likely initiate complaints but Nuno was unhappy they had not arrived quickly enough to integrate them into the squad and his methods.
