Steve McClaren resigns as manager of Nottingham Forest

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Manager Steve McClaren and chairman Nigel Doughty have both resigned from their roles at Championship strugglers Nottingham Forest.
McClaren held a two-hour meeting with Doughty, who will remain as the club's owner, after Sunday's 3-1 defeat against Birmingham at the City Ground.
Former England boss McClaren had been in charge at Forest since 13 June.
Forest are currently fourth from bottom in the Championship, having collected eight points from 10 games.
McClaren was reportedly unhappy about being unable to sign two loan players.
"He was going to walk out anyway, I understand," said BBC Radio 5 live's Pat Murphy. "He'd hoped to go out on a high note after the game against Birmingham.
McLaren at Nottingham Forest



"He was upset at not being able to secure two Premier League players on loan terms. The chairman felt the wages would be too high."
McClaren had stated after the 5-1 midweek defeat at Burnley that "drastic changes" needed to take place at the club.
"Something drastic has to be done because we can't carry on like this," he told BBC Radio Nottingham after the hammering at Turf Moor.
The day after the defeat against the Clarets, Forest confirmed that David Pleat had stood down from his part-time football consultant role.
Pleat was part of Forest's much-discussed and much-criticised transfer acquisitions panel after joining to help ex-boss Colin Calderwood in 2006.
The 66-year-old was involved in signing players until last year when his role at the City Ground became less formal.

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