Ralph Hasenhuttl is fighting for his job at Southampton.
The Telegraph says the Saints have won just two games from eight and are sat 16th in the table.
Defeat at Prem champions Manchester City at the weekend could spell the end for the 55-year-old Austrian.
A loss at the Etihad would be Southampton's third successive defeat in the top flight.
Southampton head into the fixture off the back of a 2-1 home defeat to Everton, and before that, they lost 1-0 to Aston Villa.
Hasenhuttl has survived the sack on a number of occasions since his 2018 arrival.
The Saints lost 9-0 TWICE under Hasenhuttl to Leicester City and Manchester United respectively.
But him guiding his team to Prem safety kept him in a job.