Porto's rookie coach Andre Villas-Boas is a shock candidate to replace Roy Hodgson at Liverpool.
The Daily Mail says Fenway Sports Group have reached breaking point with the current manager after a series of poor results and performances culminated in Wednesday's woeful 1-0 home defeat by Wolves, a result which leaves Liverpool three points off the relegation zone.
Marseille coach Didier Deschamps, Andre Villas-Boas of Porto, Borussia Dortmund's Jurgen Klopp and Bolton's Owen Coyle, who takes his side to Anfield today, will all be considered.
Villas-Boas is an intriguing candidate. He learned everything he knows from Jose Mourinho and while his age - 33 - may raise eyebrows, FSG showed youth is no barrier when appointing Theo Epstein as general manager of the Boston Red Sox as a 28-year-old in 2002.
