Nuno Espirito Santo tells Nottingham Forest players to 'spend more time together' in a bid to arrest their slump - ahead of his first game in charge at the City Ground

Forest sit 17th in the Premier League without a win in their last six matches Nuno Espirito Santo has instructed his players to spend more time together at the training ground as he seeks to turn around Nottingham Forest’s decline. He said: ‘We have a bigger lounge area at the training ground and that allows the players to spend more time together and eat together. Nuno Espirito Santo has called on his players to spend more time together on the training ground Steve Cooper was dismissed this week following the side's 2-0 defeat to Tottenham at home Forest's miserable run has seen them fall to 17th in the league, just five points outside of the relegation zone ‘Of course I can address them in French or Portuguese if necessary but they have to learn English to speak to each other, eat together. Morgan Gibbs-White also struggled for regular game time under Nuno at Wolves but is Forest’s most creative player and Nuno believes he has improved since their time together at Molineux.