2. Jose Mourinho
Jose Mourinho's decision to axe crowd favourite and club captain Iker Cassilas from the Real Madrid starting XI that lost 3-2 to Malaga this week may have been the final nail in the Portuguese' coffin at the Bernabeu*. Madrid have lost four in nine away matches this season, lie in third place in La Liga and are a mammoth
16 points adrift of leaders Barcelona. There have been underlying reports** of player unrest with both Cassilas and Sergio Ramos prior to the decision to drop the keeper, who hadn't been dropped for 54 matches prior. The decision angered fans who revere Cassilas far more than they do Mourinho, and time might soon be called on his career at the Bernabeu. If the self styled "Special One" does indeed leave, he has his suitors, one of them being cash-rich Paris St Germain. However, his advisers
have indicated he would prefer a move to the Etihad, as he misses England and the Premier League. Source(s): *
The Guardian, **
The Sun