Just three games remain of the 2024/25 Premier League season and Nottingham Forest’s chance of playing Champions League football next year are still alive.
In what has been a brilliant season for Nuno Espirito Santo’s side, there remains a very real prospect of some huge European sides pitching up at the City Ground in 2025/26.
Forest’s top-five bid hinges on three remaining games against Leicester City, West Ham United and Chelsea.
Nuno’s men are positioned two points behind Chelsea and Newcastle as the season enters its final stage.
Forest’s success this season, which included an FA Cup Semi-final, has been a throwback to the Brian Clough days when the club was regularly competing at the top of the domestic and European game.
We all know that the great Cloughie was good value for a funny quote or two, particularly during his successful spell at the City Ground.
Ahead of Forest’s upcoming crunch matches, we’ve picked out 12 of the best Clough quotes that should be plastered on the walls of the dressing room over the next couple of weeks.
1. The 11 best Brian Clough quotes that will definitely inspire Forest to clinch a Champions League place
Legendary Nottingham Forest boss Brian Clough was known for his quick wit | Getty Images Photo: Getty
2. 12 of the best Brian Clough quotes
“I only ever hit Roy (Keane) the once. He got up so I couldn't have hit him very hard.” | Getty Images Photo: Getty
3. 12 of the best Brian Clough quotes
“When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair.” | Getty Images Photo: Getty
4. 12 of the best Brian Clough quotes
“Rome wasn't built in a day. But I wasn't on that particular job.” | Getty Images Photo: Getty