DO: Forest officially contacted Italian coach Mancini and regarded him as the number one candidate for the new coach.

Hupu, October 19th, the latest report from TheAthleticUK ace reporter David Ornstein, according to sources in Italy who are not authorized to speak publicly, Nottingham Forest has contacted Roberto Mancini, hoping that he can become the team's new head coach.

Forest are communicating with the 60-year-old Italian coach to find a replacement after Ange Postecoglou was sacked on Saturday.

Postkoglu was sacked after a 3-0 home defeat to Chelsea, meaning he failed to win a single game in eight games in charge of Forest.

During the Australian coach's short tenure in charge, he was chanted "sacked in the morning" by the City Stadium crowd at several games.

Former Everton and Burnley manager Sean Dyche is another head coaching candidate and has also held talks with Nottingham Forest, although no agreement has been reached between the two sides.

Mancini played for Manchester City from 2009 to 2013, accumulated Premier League experience, and led the team to win the FA Cup in 2011 and won the Premier League championship for the first time 12 months later.

In the 2012-13 season, Manchester City won the league runner-up. Mancini dismissed get out of class and Pellegrini took over.

Mancini then played for Galatasaray for a period of time before returning to the Italian team Inter Milan in November 2014. He himself led the team to win three consecutive Serie A championships from 2006 to 2008.