Alex McLeish has left Nottingham Forest.

McLeish has left his role as Nottingham Forest manager by mutual consent, the npower Championship club have confirmed.

The Scot was left frustrated after missing out on several transfer targets last month - most notably Peterborough winger George Boyd whose move to the east midlands was scuppered by a failed eye test.

And a bad week for McLeish was capped on Saturday with a 2-1 defeat at his former club Birmingham, where both Blues goals were scored by another player he tried to sign - Chris Burke.