Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone is the favoured option to succeed Manuel Pellegrini at Manchester City.
The Mail on Sunday says Pellegrini faces the sack from Manchester City at the end of the season.
But it is Simeone who is top of the short list to replace him at the Etihad, not Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola.
Catalan sources insist Pep would rather manage Manchester United down the line rather than City.
Guardiola will see out his contract at Bayern, which runs until the summer of 2016, and, unless there is a dramatic turn of events in Manchester, the Etihad hierarchy will not wait that long.
