I think it’s a well deserved award for incredible work Espirito Santo has done with this Nottingham Forest team. Never in a million years would I have imagined that Nottingham Forest would have this run of form in the Premier League. Under his management displaying improved style of play and structure. Nuno Espirito Santo ability to inspire the players and maximize their potential has been instrumental in their success in competitions this season. Nottingham Forest won Luton Town today in the FA Cup.
I just remember when he coached Tottenham back then where the official was to recruit him to bring that club to top premier league. But, he did not meet expectations, and the official fired him middle of session. As I know, Espirito Santo has technic in managing a player and know how to put players in their specialty. Even the forest have the player whose abilities are not so good compared to players who play on big club like the city, Liverpool, and Chelsea, but Espirito Santo know how to maximalize them, he will place players who have advantages among players who have disadvantages, so that it is balanced, and can cover the gap on the fields.
Totenham's problem more like in the managerial and owner. Nuno has tried his best there, but failed to get his confidence. This also happens to the a lot of coaches before him, and that's the reason why Tottenham stuck.
Nottingham Forest gave him good support to build his own dream club. Although, his club was only low budget club, he showed the budget doesn't matter as long as it's coached by the right hand.
The only problem is how long his current squad can keep it up. There will be so many offers to come from big clubs, and this can destroy his club caused by his key players decide to step up their careers in the bigger clubs.