Hull City are set to sack manager Tim Walter after just six months in charge, talkSPORT understands.
A 2-0 defeat at home to Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday evening looks to have sealed Walter’s fate.
Walter is expected to depart having won just three of his 18 games in charge across the Championship and EFL Cup.
The German’s imminent exit comes a day after Hull owner Acun Ilicali said Walter would remain in his post whatever the result against Sheffield Wednesday.
“He will be in the job,” Ilicali told the BBC before the 2-0 defeat. “If we lose tonight, he’s going to be in the job.”
The Tigers have already started sounding out potential replacements after a dismal season which has left them in the Championship relegation zone.
Whoever is tasked with replacing Walter is set to receive backing in the January window, according to Ilicali.
“Of course we have the power, we have the determination, we have the passion to bring new players,” Ilicali said.
“We are very focused on January transfers.”
Walter was only appointed in the summer after the controversial decision to sack Liam Rosenior having narrowly missed out on a play-off place last season.
But the German’s stint is expected to have lasted only 180 days.
The Sheffield Wednesday defeat condemned Hull to its fourth-straight Championship defeat and extended their winless run to nine games.
Walter’s side had also scored just once in their last four games as well.
Prior to the Hull role, Walter was in charge at 2. Bundesliga outfit Hamburg.
However, in his two full seasons at the club, Walter was unable to drag Hamburg back to the German top flight having lost to Hertha Berlin and VfB Stuttgart in the promotion play-offs.
Hamburg opted to part ways with Walter in February.
Walter had also had stints at Bayern Munich II, Holstein Kiel and Stuttgart prior to his Hamburg appointment.