Paul Cook has worked wonders at Portsmouth, Chesterfield and Wigan Athletic and has reportedly caught the eye of Championship giants Nottingham Forest.
Paul Cook has achieved some very impressive feats in his managerial career and it is only right that he is finally being considered for one of the biggest jobs outside the Premier League.
According to the Nottingham Post, the 50-year-old Liverpudlian is on Nottingham Forest’s shortlist to replace Mark Warburton after the former Rangers and Brentford boss was sacked last week following a run of one win in seven Championship games.
The report states that Aitor Karanka, who led Middlesbrough to promotion in 2016, is the current bookies’ favourite while Cook is joined by Barnsley boss Paul Heckingbottom and former Brighton manager Oscar Garcia on the shortlist.
While Heckingbottom is under huge pressure at Barnsley following a horror run, and Garcia recently left St Etienne after a disappointing start to the season, Cook is enjoying arguably the best period of his managerial career.
His Wigan Athletic side sit two points clear at the top of the League One table and have scored 50 goals so far in 2017/18 – a tally only bettered by Luton Town in the whole of the Football League.
Just last season, Cook led Portsmouth to promotion from the fourth tier via the League Two title, three years after he won the division with Chesterfield.
So while Cook has never managed higher than League One level, he is a man deserving of an opportunity, and his ability to get the best out of an under-performing side, and instil a brand of exciting attacking football, means he should be under serious consideration.
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