World Cup winning captain Fabio Cannavaro is being lined up by Massimo Cellino to be the next Leeds manager.

Cannavaro was in Leeds on Saturday and is believed to be close to agreeing a deal to replace Steve Evans in the Elland Road hot-seat.

The former Real Madrid and Juventus defender has little managerial experience, having only coached Al-Ahli Club of Dubai, Chinese Super League club Guangzhou Evergrande and Al-Nassr – who he left in February.

Fabio Cannavaro was understood to be in Leeds on Saturday to discuss a deal to be the next manager

If Cannavaro does take over then he will be the seventh manager in Massimo Cellino's time at the club

If the 2006 World Cup winner does become the latest man to take over at Leeds then he will become owner Cellino’s seventh manager since he took over ownership of the club in 2014.

Evens would follow Brian McDermott, Dave Hockaday, Darko Milanic, Neil Redfearn and Uwe Rosler out of the Elland Road exit door under Cellino.

Evans signed a rolling contract in October to replace Rosler – who himself had only been in charge for 152 days having been appointed in May last year.

Leeds owner Cellino is keen to make another change with Canavaro the favourite

Leeds managers past and present Brian McDermott (left) and Steve Evans talk during Saturday's game

LEEDS MANAGERS UNDER CELLINO MANAGER APPOINTED SACKED DAYS LASTED Steve Evans 19/10/2015 N/A

Uwe Rosler 20/05/2015 19/10/2015 152 days Neil Redfearn 27/10/2014 20/05/2015 205 days Darko Milanic 23/09/2014 25/10/2014 32 days Dave Hockaday 19/06/2014 28/08/2014 70 days Brian McDermott 12/04/2013 30/05/2014 112 days (under Cellino)

Chris Wood’s 85th minute winner against Reading lifted Leeds to 12th in the Championship under Evans – but Cellino is believed to be keen on making another change in the summer with Cannavaro the favourite to take charge.

There has been unrest among the Leeds supporters for some time and fans marched through the city to protest against Cellino before yesterday's 3-2 victory over Reading.

Fans' group Time To Go Massimo led around 1,000 supporters opposed to the Italian's ownership of the club at City Square before embarking on a march to Elland Road.

Accompanied by a police escort, supporters carried banners calling for Cellino to quit the club and others let loose purple smoke against a backdrop of chanting and singing.

Leeds United's Chris Wood celebrates scoring his side's winning goal against Reading

'We are absolutely sick of our club being dragged through the media and looking like an absolute mess,' a spokesman for the Time To Go Massimo group said.