5 managers who could be sacked before next season

#4 Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)

Zidane has seen his team improve massively in form since January

Earlier in the season, it was unlikely that Zidane would even make it to January as manager of Madrid but slowly their campaign has turned around. After comfortably seeing off PSG in the last-16, Cristiano Ronaldo inspired the team to a 3-0 first-leg win over Juventus, virtually securing passage to the Champions League semi-finals.

The league has been over for a while now - Barcelona are 13 points of their foes - but Florentino Perez cares about the Champions League trophy more than any other.

It's almost certain that winning it this season is all that will keep Zidane in the job but his side are looking very dangerous: Ronaldo has hit imperious form at exactly the right time, Gareth Bale is slowly returning to the first-team scene, and Isco was highly impressive in Turin after his amazing display for Spain during the international break.

With the pressure of La Liga gone, Zidane can afford to rest his key players for the Champions League, something which will benefit them greatly.

The competition is strong this year though. Juup Heynckes has returned Bayern Munich into an effortless and effective team and Ernesto Valverde has Barcelona playing some excellent football. Simply put, if Zidane wins an unprecedented third Champions League in a row, he'll be granted a reprieve but if they are to exit the competition, Perez will be expected to sack the Frenchman in preparation for a new manager next season.