Neil Warnock has been linked with a shock managerial return to Cardiff City.
The veteran manager, 73, has been out of work since he left Middlesbrough at the start of November, but has refused to rule out a return to the dugout.
And now, The Sun report that the Bluebirds, along with Severnside rivals Bristol City, are entertaining the possibility of appointing Warnock.
Cardiff sit 20th in the Championship table and have to start moving quickly if they are to get themselves away from the drop zone in the coming weeks.
A drop into League One is almost unthinkable for Cardiff, whose financial position is precarious at best with lawsuits hanging over their heads and Vincent Tan's leisure empire having taken a massive hit during the pandemic.
Steve Morison, whose short-term deal runs until the end of the season, brought an immediate lift when he was appointed manager, but Cardiff are now winless in their last six Championship matches and are currently being saved from a bottom-three spot only by virtue of Reading and Derby County's points deductions.
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The report adds that Tan "looks set to make a change" in the dugout if the Bluebirds' league standing does not improve.
Warnock, of course, enjoyed a success-laden three years in charge in the Welsh capital, steering the club to Premier League promotion in the 2017/18 season. He left the club in November 2019.
Cardiff's cross-border rivals Bristol City are also linked with a move for Warnock. Nigel Pearson has been in the job only 11 months and has more than two years left on his current deal.
The Robins are 16th in the table and have won only two games in their last seven, one of which was the Severnside derby last weekend.
The report comes after fellow veteran boss Roy Hodgson landed a job at 74, taking over the reins at Watford this week.
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