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Johnson, who has been out of work since leaving Fleetwood Town last December, won the EFL Trophy with the Black Cats in 2021, but missed out in the play-off semi-finals that season to Lincoln City.
The 43-year-old left the Stadium of Light after a 6-0 defeat at Bolton Wanderers when the club was third in the table.
But the former Bristol City and Barnsley boss has been impressed by how
Rowett has moved back into media work this season, having finished last term as interim Birmingham City boss – a stint that ended in relegation from the Championship.
His four-year tenure as Millwall manager had been brought to an end earlier that season.
It was in the early months of the campaign that he noticed a shift in the approach to the game at that level, with a focus on
Nottingham Forest have been “punished” by the Premier League for showing ambition following promotion, says former Reds boss Mark Warburton.
Clubs can lose £105m over three years, but Forest’s maximum loss was set at £61m as they spent two years of the assessment period in the Championship.
“Here’s a club that had a go, for