West Ham United boss Avram Grant has been given an ultimatum.
Grant has been told he will be sacked if the club do not win one of their next three Premier League games, according to reports.
The Hammers are lining up survival specialist Sam Allardyce to replace the floundering former Chelsea boss, whose team are three points adrift at the bottom.
A club source told BBC Sport: "Dismissing Avram is not something the board wants to do. He's also had a dreadful run of injuries, but we can't get to the beginning of the window and not do something if things don't improve."