Manchester United bosses will meet in Monaco tomorrow and are expected to decide to sack manager Michael Carrick. Executives Omar Berrada and Jason Wilcox will meet co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe to discuss Carrick's future.
It is understood Berrada and Wilcox will recommend Carrick be relieved of his duties. Ratcliffe will have the final say and is expected to consult with fellow owners the Glazers, but it is almost inevitable Carrick will be dismissed.
Meeting top of the agenda
The meeting in the South of France had been pre-planned to coincide with the international break. But the manager situation is now top of the agenda following United's humiliating start to the season.
Carrick's side have won just one league game and find themselves in the relegation zone, following the club's worst start to a campaign after 10 games in four decades.
Compensation and potential replacements
If United decide to sack Carrick, he will be told in person back in Manchester on Thursday. Carrick has been clinging to his job in recent weeks, having failed to arrest the team's alarming slump in form.
The 45-year-old, who only signed a permanent two-year deal in May, will be owed up to £5m in compensation. Eddie Howe and Mauricio Pochettino are the two favourites to replace Carrick if United decide to make a change.
Howe is available for nothing, having left Newcastle in the summer. Pochettino, meanwhile, penned a new deal as USA boss a few months ago, but has made no secret of his desire to return to manage in the Premier League.
United know they have to get the next choice right - and want someone in place ahead of the crunch showdown at bitter rivals Liverpool following the international break.
