Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest owner Fawaz Al Hasawi vows to keep Billy Davies

By Danielle Joynson, Staff Reporter | 22 March 2013

Nottingham Forest owner Fawaz Al Hasawi insists that he wants Billy Davies to remain at the club as long as Sir Alex Ferguson has stayed at Manchester United.

Nottingham Forest owner Fawaz Al Hasawi has insisted that he plans to keep manager Billy Davies at the club for a lengthy period of time.

The Kuwaiti owners have come under criticism this season following their decision to sack three managers in seven months.

Davies, who had a stint at the City Ground between 2008 and 2011, was reappointed in February by Al Hasawi, who has claimed that he wants Davies to match Sir Alex Ferguson's 27-year stay at Manchester United.

"Billy will be with us like Ferguson is with Manchester United," Al Hasawi told BBC Midlands Late Kick Off. "I mean that. I would like him to stay with us.

"If I am a dictator I would not bring Billy Davies into my club because he doesn't like people to interfere in his job, he is a strong manager. He is doing his job and I am doing my job. We are doing the right things together."

Davies has led Forest into a playoff place in the Championship table since taking over last month.