Rumours are rife this Tuesday evening that Reading are going to confirm the sacking of manager Jose Gomes, as the club once again finds itself near the bottom of the Championship.

The Royals have embarked on a poor run of form and, according to the Telegraph, that is going to cost Gomes his job with them claiming that a confirmation statement is due in the next 48 hours.

Such a move would represent more upheaval at the Berkshire club with them seeing both Jaap Stam and Paul Clement leaving the club in recent seasons.

Who comes in to replace him, meanwhile, remains to be seen with the Royals needing to find a manager that can get some consistency into the side and get them out of a rut that they've been in ever since losing in the play-off final in 2017.

We took to Twitter to ask Royals fans whether they'd like Aitor Karanka as a successor, then, and it's fair to say the response was mixed...