Nottingham Forest have a chequered relationship with Crystal Palace after Evangelos Marinakis benefitted from Steve Parish’s lacklustre nature in submitting paperwork last season.

Forest took Palace’s place in the Europa League after it was deemed that the Eagles didn’t submit the required multi-club paperwork in time needed for owners who operate at more than one club.

Evangelos Marinakis is public enemy number one at Selhurst Park, and it would appear as though Steven Gerrard fancies one former Forest figure would make a very useful manager for the hapless Eagles.

Steven Gerrard backs Steve Cooper for Crystal Palace job

With Palace set to officially confirm the departure of Pierre Sage, who has left the club stranded at the bottom of the Premier League, talk has turned towards who might take over.

Thomas Frank and former Forest boss Sean Dyche are among the frontrunners for the position, but Gerrard thinks another former Reds boss might be also considered a good candidate for the job.

Gerrard told The Overlap Daily: “I think someone like Eddie Howe, for example, with all due respect, would be out of Palace’s reach because obviously he’s available as well, with Premier League experience. So I can understand that, Thomas Frank is in the running.

“Steve Cooper is another one who seems to be around the media and looking for another possibility to get back into the Premier League. Rafa Benitez has been sort of making noises as well, who I know extremely well.

“But it wouldn’t surprise me if it was Thomas Frank, and it wouldn’t surprise me if that happens in the coming days.

“What I would say is Palace weren’t poor yesterday.”

Cooper hasn’t worked since being sacked by Brondby and hasn’t held a position in England since departing Leicester – with some Forest fans believing they might not be in the mess they’re in now had they persisted with Cooper a little bit longer.

Cooper would be a very useful appointment for Palace on the basis that he would relish the chance to join a club where a project is evident, and furthermore, he’d also get to sample Europa League action too.

It would be an intriguing reaction from the Forest fan base if he did end up at Palace and from their point of view, having someone who can unite the fan base once again could make him a solid appointment.