Nottingham Forest manager Steve McClaren is understood to be considering his position at the City Ground.
McClaren only took charge during the summer following the dismissal of Billy Davies, but Forest have made a poor start to the season and he has been frustrated by a lack of activity from the club in the transfer market.
The former England manager had hoped to bring in a number of reinforcements to help Forest challenge for promotion to the Premier League, and called on the board to show their ambition before Wednesday's 11pm deadline.
However, the squad was not strengthened as much as McClaren would have liked and his future at the club is now in doubt.
McClaren has gone away for a few days during the international break for a period of reflection, and is expected to make a decision by the end of the weekend.
McClaren's predecessor at the City Ground, Davies, regularly called for support in making new signings during his two-and-a-half years at the helm.
Miserable
Davies guided the club to back-to-back play-off finishes but did not manage to secure promotion and was relieved of his duties in June.
Forest are currently 18th in the Championship standings five games into the new campaign, having lost 4-1 at home to West Ham last Sunday.
McClaren had been determined to prove that he could be successful in English football after a miserable spell in charge of the national team earlier in his career.
He repaired some of the damage to his reputation with a title-winning stint at Dutch club FC Twente, before moving to German outfit Wolfsburg.
But he lasted less than a season at Wolfsburg after finding that he did not have full control over transfers, and he now faces a similar situation at Forest.
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