According to 90min, Tottenham Hotspur have already begun searching for a successor to Jose Mourinho, as the Portuguese isn't likely to last past the end of the current campaign.
After a hot start that saw them sit top of the table at the start of December, Spurs have crumbled to sixth place, with the top four looking out of reach.
That makes their chances of qualifying for the Champions League - one of Daniel Levy's key requirements - seem rather unlikely, having embarrassingly crashed out of the Europa League to Dinamo Zagreb last week.
As per the report, Spurs have compiled a long list of potential replacements.
Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers is thought to be the front-runner but names like Carlo Ancelotti, Julian Nagelsmann, Massimiliano Allegri and Nuno Santo all feature, too...
On the Chalkboard
Aside from the obvious impact on the struggling fortunes of Matt Doherty - a £15m summer arrival from Molineux - it's hard to see the fellow Portuguese making much of an impact in north London, especially given Wolves' own problems this season.
The 47-year-old gem has had the most success at the Midlands outfit when deploying a three-at-the-back system, and that is something that could be a recipe for disaster at Spurs.
Of course, Nuno should be lauded for transforming the Old Gold into a stable Premier League club. The Athletic's Tim Spiers claimed that he had done "special things" and that it was "unbelievable" and a "miracle" to see them in Europe.
A lot of Mourinho's problems have come through defensive individual mistakes, with his usual culprits being his only options in the role. Indeed, the Spurs boss has struggled to cement down a proper partnership in his backline.
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Eric Dier (21 league starts), Davinson Sanchez (15 starts) and Toby Alderweireld (18 starts) have frequently rotated throughout the Premier League season, whilst Joe Rodon's rare start last Sunday saw him throw his name into the equation.
The former two have been particularly calamitous.
Former Spurs midfielder Jamie O'Hara dubbed the duo the worst partnership in the Premier League and urged the club to get rid of both of them. He said to talkSPORT:
"I look at the team and the back-four is just an absolute shambles. I don’t know why Jose keeps playing [Davinson] Sanchez and [Eric] Dier because it’s probably one of the worst partnerships in the Premier League."
A three-man defence requires a perfect mix of pace, ability on the ball and an excellent reading of the game. This is something lacking at Spurs right now.
Only Sanchez (85.4%) has a better passing accuracy rate than any of Wolves' current backline of Conor Coady, Max Kilman and Leander Dendoncker.
An ageing Alderweireld and Dier isn't the fastest defence by comparison, nor is the England international on the same wavelength for defensive ability, sitting behind the lot for tackles (0.8) and interceptions (0.9) per game, via WhoScored.
Despite taking Wolves the Premier League, and then the Europa League in the space of just two seasons, Nuno just isn't the right fit for Spurs at the minute.
AND in other news, Alli's transfer value continues to plummet under Jose Mourinho