Martin O'Neill is weighing up whether to take the West Ham United job.
The Sun says should West Ham lose to Arsenal on the weekend, Avram Grant will be shown the door.
And they will launch a final bid to replace him with O'Neill next week.
The former Aston Villa boss is worried the task of saving rock-bottom West Ham from the drop is already too great with only 16 games left.
And the Ulsterman dreads the thought of being remembered as the manager who took them down.
However, O'Neill also remains desperate to get back into top-flight management and increasingly realises there may be few, if any, other job opportunities in the summer.