Nottingham Forest's newly-appointed manager Sean O'Driscoll has opened up about his decision to return to the club.

The 55-year-old, who served as a coach at the City Ground under previous boss Steve Cotterill, admitted that rejoining Forest was an easy choice to make.

He said: "It was an easy decision to make to return to Nottingham Forest.

"I enjoyed my time working with the players last season, and even in sometimes difficult circumstances the fans gave the kind of support you don't often see in football today.

"The Al-Hasawi family's ownership opens exciting prospects for this club and I look forward to rebuilding the squad and playing the kind of attractive football the City Ground deserves to see."

O'Driscoll joins Forest from Crawley Town without taking charge of a single first-team game at the League One outfit.