'Nobody wants to get divorced' - Glasner on Forest challenge

[Getty Images] Oliver Glasner was Nottingham Forest's fourth managerial unveiling since September. The new man, who has signed a three-year deal, has been brought to the club to deliver for silverware and stability. After guiding Crystal Palace to the FA Cup and Europa Conference League in the past two seasons before standing down in May, he arrives with the winning pedigree owner Evangelos Marinakis demands. But after the carousel of managers at Nottingham Forest in the last 12 months, is taking the job a risk? Behind the same desk, Nuno Espirito Santo started the merry-go-round when revealing his breakdown in relationship with the club's hierarchy last August. Ange Postecoglou did not even get a chance to host a final post-match press conference before he was sacked after 39 days following a wretched defeat by Chelsea. Sean Dyche lasted 114 days. Replacement Vitor Pereira was told he was being dismissed just two minutes before a clause which allowed Forest to terminate his deal expired in June. So why is it not a gamble for the new man? "Nobody wants to get divorced. I don't know how it's in England but in Austria it's 50% [the divorce rate]," said Glasner, who takes his new side across the Trent to Notts County for Saturday's opening pre-season friendly. "So when you ask them at the wedding, they would say 'yeah, not us' but it happens. "Every single club wants to have the same manager for a decade, have the same players as long as possible but that's just not the real world - due to different reasons, due to different expectations, different plans in your life. "When we had the talks, that's why we were also committed on a three-year contract. We said, 'OK, we want to get stability and consistency' because that's what the owner and I are convinced of. That's the foundation of success. "We hope now that this is the starting point." An end-of-season study by the League Managers Association found the average tenure of sacked managers in the Premier League was less than a year - having been more than three years as recently as 2021-22. Across the English leagues, 43 managers were sacked, up by 2% from last season, and there were 65 managerial movements - a rise of 12% - but it is not something Glasner considers. "In Cyprus last year they had 14 teams in the top league and all 14 changed manager. I don't really think about that part of the job," said the 51-year-old. "I never sign and think about getting sacked. I just think: 'OK, what do we have to do to bring success to the club?'" Read more on Glasner's first Forest news conference