Manchester United have made a desperate 'Save Our Soul' call to Jose Mourinho - with Louis van Gaal on the brink of the sack.
Struggling United's executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward is believed to have contacted Mourinho's agent Jorge Mendes on Friday morning to see if the former Chelsea boss is willing to take over from Van Gaal before the end of the season.
And Mourinho said on Friday: "I don't search for clubs, clubs search for me."
He was linked with a return to Inter Milan this week but soothed any United concerns by saying: "Let me make it clear...I will not be Inter manager next season."
Woodward and United's owners the Glazer family were prepared to leave Van Gaal in charge until the end of the season, when he would be told to make way for Mourinho.
But United's shock Europa League loss to Danish side FC Midtjylland, on the back of defeat at relegation-threatened Sunderland, has piled fresh pressure on Van Gaal.
Should United lose to League One Shrewsbury in the FA Cup on Monday, exit the Europa League and be cast further adrift in the race for a top-four place when they host Arsenal the following Sunday, Van Gaal's position will be untenable.
Against that backdrop, there is a growing sense Van Gaal could go before the end of the campaign, with Mourinho coming in to salvage a season that is on the brink of collapse.
Mourinho is expected to be at Inter's match with Sampdoria on Saturday night but said: "I go for a day to personally say thanks to my president Mister Moratti.
"I left Inter in 2010 and since then work was hard every day in Madrid and Chelsea and it was difficult to find a moment to have lunch with the Moratti family. We agreed on this Saturday a few weeks ago.
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