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After a fierce off-pitch battle for European football dominated the summer for both Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest, on-pitch matters can finally take centre stage on Sunday as the two meet at Selhurst Park.

According to TeamTalk, Mourinho is being considered as a potential replacement, with the report noting he has been “tipped to return to the English game”. The former Chelsea, Manchester United and Spurs manager, currently at Fenerbahce, remains one of football’s most decorated coaches with 26 major trophies to his name.

Malian is highly sought after by the English club, which has gone on the offensive.Soungoutou Magassa / AS Monaco Suitors for Soungoutou Magassa are multiplying and jostling for position.

Nottingham Forest takes on Brentford on Sunday, Aug. 17, at the City Ground, with kickoff set for 2 p.m. BST. That makes it a 9 a.m. ET or 6 a.m. PT start in the US and Canada, and an 11 p.m. AEST kickoff in Australia.

He is aware this is something that will take time; that will not happen overnight. But the Portuguese manager is entirely aware that the element of surprise — which saw Forest stun the Premier League with an approach that earned them a seventh-place finish last season — will be lost.

Nottingham Forest are close to signing Douglas Luiz and are in talks with Sevilla for defender José Angel Carmona.