It was while sitting at a harbourside restaurant in Athens that a question was put to one of Evangelos Marinakis’ closest aides.
‘What do you say to him when you know he is making a mistake?’ was the gentle enquiry.
‘I don’t know what you mean,’ came the reply. ‘Mr Marinakis doesn’t make mistakes.’
And there you have a vignette – a small insight – into the culture and sense of blind certainty that runs right through the heart of the modern Nottingham Forest and has just helped to run their talented and progressive manager right out of the door.