Arsenal manager Unai Emery was left teetering on the brink of the sack after losing at home to Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League.
Emery’s team are without a win in seven games, performances have been poor and support is fading in the boardroom at the Emirates Stadium.
Some Arsenal fans held banners calling for him to go during the game on Thursday when the Germans fought back from behind to win with two goals in nine second-half minutes.
Owner Stan Kroenke would rather wait until the end of the season to make a change in the dugout but results have deteriorated alarmingly in recent weeks.
And there is a growing feeling that any sort of change would help to lift morale and offer a jolt to improve performances before hopes of a top-four finish recede further.
First team coach Freddie Ljungberg, a hero of the Invincibles era, would be a candidate to step into an interim role if the board decide to give Emery the chop.
Steve Bould, another former player who served for many years in Arsene Wenger’s coaching staff, remains at the club but stepped away from the first team earlier this year to make way for Ljungberg.
Pierre Emerick Aubameyang gave Arsenal the lead against Eintract Frankfurt but two goals by Daichi Kamada turned the game.
