Sporting CP are reportedly set to part company with Ruben Amorim’s successor just six weeks and eight games since his appointment.
Joao Pereira has overseen just three wins since his arrival, with the club’s five-point lead at the top of the Portuguese league table now vanished.
Sporting’s defeats to Arsenal and Club Brugge have seen them slip out of the top eight of the Champions League standings and down to 17th with two group games to go.
Domestic outlet Record says the Liga NOS champions are set to sit down with their 40-year-old head coach after Christmas before making a concrete decision.
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