Six managers who might get sacked after this week's matches

#1 Julen Lopetegui

Julen Lopetegui

Undoubtedly the manager under the most pressure in all of Europe now. Lopetegui agreed to swim with Sharks when he accepted the offer the offer to be Real Madrid's coach in the summer in acrimonious circumstances which led to his dismissal as Spain boss.

He must have been thrilled at the prospect of coaching players who had won the Champions League in each of the last three seasons respectively, but as results have shown him, coaching a mega club is easier said than done.

Under the 53-year-old, Los Blancos have struggled for form and consistency, failing to win in four consecutive matches, and enduring their worst run in front of goal since 1985 when they failed to find the back of the net for over 865 minutes (eight hours).

Even though both records have been halted with a victory over Viktoria Plzen in the Champions League, the manner in which the win was achieved coupled with the fact that Real find themselves in 7th place on the La Liga table has done nothing to ease the pressure on Lopetegui. Reports are emanating that he has a one-match ultimatum against Barcelona to save his job.

Real Madrid is the most notoriously volatile managerial job in the world, with coaches fired for much less than this, and it would not be out of reason for Lopetegui to find himself out of a job less than five months after accepting it.