Ex-Nottingham Forest manager lands shock new job hours after former club appoint Ange Postecoglou

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STEVE COOPER has been appointed manager of Brondby.The former Leicester boss has been out of work since leaving the Foxes last year.PASteve Cooper is the new manager of Brondby[/caption]He was sacked by Leicester after picking up 10 points from 12 games, with the club 16th in the Premier League.Cooper, 45, was offered the chance to return to management by several clubs in the Championship.But he turned down the approaches with a view to moving abroad in a bid to win trophies and compete in Europe.Brondby are believed to be admirers of Cooper’s ability to nurture young talent.He has previously developed the likes of Marc Guehi, Morgan Gibbs-White and Brennan Johnson.Cooper won the Under-17 World Cup with England, nurturing young talent like Phil Foden, Jadon Sancho, Callum Hudson-Odoi, and Guehi, who he also worked with later as Swansea manager.He later managed Forest where he won promotion to the Prem before keeping the club safe.Forest replaced him with Nuno Espirito Santo, who was sacked this week.BEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERS THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY..The Sun is your go to destination for the best football, boxing and MMA news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures and must-see video.Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TheSunFootball and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSunFootball.