Mark Warburton could be offered Nottingham Forest job as club want ex-Rangers colleague Frank McParland as director of football
Reds chief Fawaz Al Hasawi has been recommended to bring in the Liverpudlian - but will wait to decide on former Gers boss
NOTTINGHAM FOREST want Frank McParland to be their new director of football - but there are doubts about whether Mark Warburton will go with him.
Forest supremo Fawaz Al Hasawi has been recommended to bring in Liverpudlian McParland, who was working at Rangers in a similar role, as he tries to make his club more professional.
McParland was keen to come back to England where he worked at Liverpool, Brentford and Burnley and the Forest chief is being pushed to take him.
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The plan was for McParland to join and then find a new manager, with ex-Rangers boss Warburton and Fulham's Slavisa Jokanovic top of the wish list.
But Jokanovic turned down the secret approach as he is focused on Fulham. His contract is up in the summer but even then he may not be keen on the Forest switch because of the uncertainty at the club.
Forest will wait to decide on Warburton, who has left the Glasgow giants in a flurry of claim and counter-claim.
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But Forest insiders reveal that Al Hasawi is still weighing up who to appoint after making Gary Brazil and Jack Lester his bosses for the rest of the season.
One source close to the Kuwaiti said: "Fawaz wants to have a proper set-up in place and is keen on a director of football being named.
"But there are so many names about possible new managers that he is uncertain who to choose."
Al Hasawi has several advisers and is known to change his mind. The Warburton approach was botched as have been previous moves for the likes of Neil Warnock and Dan Petrescu.
Warnock thought he had the Forest job and even lined up a player before it fell through. Petrescu was the same only to find Dougie Freedman took the post instead.
It is that level of confusion that is putting off Jokanovic, who has done a decent job at Fulham after taking Watford to promotion. He would need to be convinced Forest are a properly-run club before moving.
Warburton will be more open to taking the risk but even now Forest insiders reveal that Al Hasawi is yet to be fully sure it is the right move.