NOTTINGNAM Forest boss Steve Cooper says he does not need reassurances from the club’s billionaire owner about keeping his job.

Cooper is under pressure after a run of one win in 12 games which has seen Forest looking over their shoulder towards the relegation zone.

Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis was targeting a top-half finish this season after significant investment over the summer and has a history of sacking managers at Olympiacos.

“I don’t need any reassurances. For me, it is to stay true to yourself,” Cooper said ahead of today’s visit to Tottenham.

“I only focus on my job and that is the relationship with the people I work with every single day, the players and staff, and commit to what we believe is the way of working.

“We have done that for a couple of years, I say it every time I get asked a question like this, I really don’t focus on anything other than what I am in control of.”