Massimo Cellino is considering replacing Steve Evans with Fabio Cannavaro as Leeds United head coach for next season.

Cannavaro, the former Italy defender who won the 2006 World Cup as captain, was managing Al-Nassr but left the Saudi Arabian side last month.

Evans signed a rolling contract to replace Uwe Rosler in October but Cellino is unhappy with their progress as Leeds sit 13th in the Championship.

Former Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro was managing Al-Nassr but left the Saudi Arabian side last month

Massimo Cellino (above) is considering replacing Steve Evans with Cannavaro as Leeds head coach

Leeds were humiliated at home on Saturday as they lost 4-1 to Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield Town and Sportsmail has been told Cellino will not back Evans beyond the summer.

It means the 53-year-old is set to become the owner’s sixth scalp, with Brian McDermott, Dave Hockaday, Darko Milanic, Neil Redfearn and Rosler having left Elland Road under Cellino.

Cannavaro is interested in replacing Antonio Conte as Italy head coach after this summer but is understood to not be considered a candidate by the Italian football federation.

The former Real Madrid and Juventus centre back has little managerial experience, having only coached Al-Ahli Club of Dubai, Chinese Super League club Guangzhou Evergrande and Al-Nassr.

Evans (pictured) signed a rolling contract to replace Uwe Rosler in October but Cellino is unhappy with things

CANNAVARO HONOURS Parma UEFA Cup, 2 x Italian Cup, Italian Super Cup Juventus 2 x Serie A (1 later revoked due to Calciopoli) Real Madrid 2 x La Liga, Spanish Super Cup Total club appearances 690, Goals 19 Italy World Cup 2006 - Caps 136, Goals 2 Advertisement

Cellino is happy with how Leeds is run under new executive director Paul Bell, who replaced Adam Pearson in January, but wants to fix the football side.

The Italian is said to be becoming less interested in selling up and would rather invest, with Cannavaro a favourite of his.

An insider said: ‘Massimo would never open his wallet for Evans. There may be an appointment of a director of football to follow but they are at early stages of that process.

‘They would like someone to support the manager in that sense.’

Evans said on Wednesday that he expects to stay as manager for their next game against Rotherham.