Player reveals issues with Steve Cooper at Nottingham Forest – Wanted exit sorted sooner

Remo Freuler of Switzerland has stated that he has no idea what went wrong for him at Nottingham Forest since manager Steve Cooper did not explain it to him.

The midfielder spoke to Corriere dello Sport following his unveiling by new club Bologna, which he joined at the end of the transfer window.

He spent the previous season at Nottingham Forest, joining as part of the club’s significant summer investment after promotion from the Championship.

He was a mainstay for the team as they fought to stay in the Premier League, appearing in 33 games across all competitions.

Cooper chose not to use him in Nottingham Forest’s remaining six games of the season, therefore he spent the remainder of the season on the bench.

That was a drastic change for the Switzerland international, who had previously been a regular, and he still doesn’t know what caused it.

“Before he had also given me the captain’s armband. I spoke to him, but he couldn’t tell me what I had done wrong and so we remained halfway,” he said when asked on the subject.

It was that break between player and manager which seemingly led to Freuler’s departure and eventual arrival at Bologna.

That was a deal which took a while to come to fruition, with the midfielder eventually arriving on loan from Nottingham Forest on deadline day.

It was one of several last gasp moves from Forest at the end of the window, with them by far the busiest side in England in terms of comings and goings.

That’s not how Freuler would have done things, though, with him admitting he had wanted his exit sorted long before that.

“Of course, I hoped that the transfer would be closed sooner,” he added.

“I would have liked to come straight away, but I knew I had to be patient because negotiations are always long.”