““It wasn’t great, I knew it was coming so it wasn’t a surprise. I knew it was coming a fair way before the final. But we won it and had the parade and had a great three days and I didn’t want to tarnish that, but I knew it was done.
“From my perspective, I had the chance to process it. Whether I feel it was unjust, other people make those decisions, they make those determinations. That’s up to them, you have to ask them their own reasoning for it. What I do know is I had two years where it was very, very challenging but we were with some fantastic people in the football department.
“The supporters, we’ve put through some tough times, but there isn’t a Spurs supporter that I come across now that doesn’t want to hug me and take me home for dinner. So I must have done something right. I think ultimately that’s what we do it for.
“I’m very proud of what we achieved there. It will always take a special place in my heart. How it ended, I don’t really think about it a lot. To be fair, I’ve done it a couple of times myself. I left Celtic and I’m sure that they were disappointed when I left. You understand that’s part of the business we’re in. But that’s okay. It’s allowed me now to move into this (Forest) and maybe that’s happened for a reason.”