Sky Sports Pundit replaced Nuno Espirito Santo as a manager in the doomed saying

Nuno Espirito Santo hopes to complete a stunning performance by bringing Nottingham Forest to the Champions League.

But he was once replaced by a Sky Sports Pundit as a manager at an earlier job.

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And that led to one of the most doomed and notorious spells in the Dugout.

Santo, 51, spent 18 years like a curly keeper Where he was largely a backup for the NO1.

That included during two Stints in Porto, where he was part of the Champions League-winning team under Jose Mourinho.

But after he had withdrawn as a player in 2010, the Portuguese stepped into management – first spent two years in Rio Ave in his home country.

He would later manage Porto before four years with Wolves, 17 games in Tottenham, a stint at Al-Sittihad and now work wonders on the city.

But it was his second performance of the Gaffer who caused the tires to the TV expert.

Santo Led Rio Ave for the first time in their history to the Europa League at the end of his second season.

And that saw him attract a lot of interest – including from Spain.

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Santo signed a one -year -old deal in July 2014 to take the takeover as Valencia Manager.

By the 2014-15 campaign, he signed a contract extension until 2018.

And he finished the season in the fourth, took four points from Real Madrid and picked up three Laliga manager of the month Awards.

Santo, however, has a bad start of the next campaign in both the League and the Champions League.

So much so that he resigned in November 2015.

His replacement was … Gary Neville.

Neville’s brother Phil and Salvador Gonzalez took interim – Appointed before the appointment of Gary on December 5 – Gonzalez started in the Valencia Dugout as an improvised temporary boss Seven Times in total.

‘Million miles away’

But It went terribly wrong for NevilleWhose only previous coaching experience was as an assistant to Roy Hodgson at England.

His lack of Spanish did not help either, and the ex-manchester United defender has not won any of his first nine LABERA competitions.

Valencia was also filled 7-0 by Barcelona In a Copa del Rey Thrashing and Neville, it was finally placed out of his misery on March 30 with three competition profits of 16 and they are 14th in the table, only six points free from the relegation zone.

The management career of Santo and Neville have since gone in very different directions.

The Portuguese Gaffer passed Wolves and does great job Nottingham ForestSecure European football for next season.

That was guaranteed with The eventful 2-2 draw on Sunday with East Midlands Rivals Leicester – But the result brought a big dent in the qualifying dreams of Forest in Forest.

And the competition was overshadowed by Evangelos Marinakis storms on the field to confront Santo About the injury of Taiwo Awoniyi – who has seen the Nigerian Posted in an induced coma after urgent operation.

For Neville, however, he has the management turned their back on – And now hold onto the TV studios and commentary gantries.

Thinking about his Nightmare of Valencia and leaving coaching behind, he said: “It will never happen, I am a million miles away.

“I love football and the comrading, but I don’t want to be in that area anymore.

“It was an incredible opportunity and it didn’t go as well as I wanted, but I enjoyed every minute and it taught me a lot and things that I will apply to my business life.

“I don’t regret going to Spain and I would have liked to have had 18 months in Valencia, but I would not have continued coaching.

“The buzz from football to the age of 32 was incredible and that probably never can be replaced, but compared to the last three years of my career, I enjoy what I am doing much more now.”

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