Determined Manchester United are primed to move for football icon Zinedine Zidane to replace condemned Ole Gunnar Soslkjaer.
Record Sport revealed the Frenchman - winner of three Champions League crowns with Real Madrid - was warming to the idea of making Old Trafford his next destination.
Now multiple reports insist it's go time in a bid to land Zidane.
It's understood Solskjae r's fate was sealed at an extraordinary board meeting late on Saturday after his side's humiliating 4-1 loss to Watford, as an official announcement looms.
The Norwegian has appeared a dead man walking for weeks after the manner of their defeats to rivals Liverpool and Man City.
Solskjaer has earned praise for putting United back close to where they need to be but there is a universal belief he was never the man to take them back to the top.
The signing of Cristiano Ronaldo has brought goals but also tactical questions, but Zidane and the world superstar worked well together in Madrid during a trophy-laden four-year partnership.
Zidane has been out of work since leaving Madrid for a second time at the end of last season and the bookies have him as the clear favourite ahead of Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers.
Soslkjaer is expected to be officially relieved of his duties on Sunday as talks continued through the night.
