Jose Mourinho is 1/8 to be the first Premier League manager to lose his job amid reports he'll be sacked regardless of Manchester United's result against Newcastle on Saturday evening.

Off-field problems have been compounded by poor performances during the club's worst start to a league campaign in 29 years. It leaves United closer to the relegation zone than Premier League leaders and looking to avoid going five successive matches without a win for just the second time this century. Old Trafford will be in the spotlight on Saturday as Newcastle arrive under the guidance of old foe Rafael Benitez, who has won six competitive matches against Mourinho - a record only bettered by Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola. Sky Bet make Mourinho 1/8 to leave his job before any other Premier League boss, with Mark Hughes, Neil Warnock and Benitez next in the running at 12/1. Ex-Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane is the favourite to succeed Mourinho at 4/7 while Antonio Conte is 6/1 and Mauricio Pochettino is 12/1.

When it was put to Mourinho earlier on Friday that this kind of run for a club of this size is not acceptable, he said: "Yes, I accept (it is not good enough)." Mourinho sat motionless when then asked if he could assure fans that he was doing everything he can to try to turn things around as a tense broadcast section to his pre-match media conference ended abruptly. Unsurprisingly, the mood did not improve in the section with written media as he was quizzed on his comments about the squad's attitude.