Patrick Vieira is a leading contender to become Nottingham Forest's next manager if the Premier League strugglers sack Steve Cooper.
Forest have failed to win any of their last seven league matches and sit just a point above the relegation zone ahead of tonight's trip to Leeds United.
Defeat at Elland Road would see Forest fall below Leeds in the table, and could spell the end for Cooper, with owner Evangelos Marinakis concerned by the team's results and performances in recent weeks.
Should Cooper be shown the exit door, Sportsmail can exclusively reveal Vieira would be in the running to replace him less than three weeks after being sacked by Crystal Palace.