Ange Postecoglou is under increasing pressure after Tottenham Hotspur lost 2-0 against Fulham at Craven Cottage.
Spurs sit 14th in the Premier League table, only ahead of Everton and West Ham United because of their better goal difference. They are two of the 15 clubs with more points since the start of this year than Tottenham.
Their record of ten points from ten matches in 2025 is level with 17th-place Wolverhampton Wanderers. The only three clubs with a worse points return over the last three-and-a-half-months are Ipswich Town, Leicester City and Southampton - the trio of teams in the relegation zone.
The Telegraph reports that Fulham head coach Marco Silva would be among the leading candidates if Postecoglou departs. They claim his future at the west London club is in doubt, citing sources who believe he could leave after the end of this season despite still being under contract for another year.
Two years ago, Silva reportedly had a £6 million release clause in his contract, but the coach signed a new deal months after those reports emerged. Several outlets have since said it remains at that figure, including this latest report, while others have claimed it is £8million, £8.6million or circa £10m.
Silva is in his fourth season in charge of Fulham and has never previously spent more than three at the same club. Estoril is the only team other than the Cottagers where he has completed his second campaign, ultimately leaving them for Sporting CP at the end of his third.
Premier League clubs also have previously paid compensation for the coach. Everton belatedly agreed to pay Watford around £4 million nine months after appointing Silva, whom they dismissed four months earlier after citing an "unwarranted approach by a Premier League rival" as the "catalyst" for their decision.
In his post-match press conference following Spurs' defeat to Fulham, Postecoglou lamented his team conceding another "soft goal". "It was a tight game and we knew it would be — it always is here," explained the Australian. "It’s a tight ground and you know when you go that it is not going to be open.
"First half defensively we were pretty solid and they didn’t really create anything. We weren’t great with the ball and didn’t create much ourselves but I thought second half started really positively and had a couple of really good chances to get in front. We were definitely in much better control.
"Like we have done a lot of times this year we concede a soft goal. That just gives the opposition everything to gain from and get momentum out of it and the game gets away from us."