Phil Brown will be sacked from Hull City this week.

Despite being the most successful manager in the club's history, the 50-year-old will be sacked less than three years after he was appointed in a full-time capacity in January 2007.

He will go as soon as executive chairman Adam Pearson finalises a deal for his successor - which should be this week.

The result of the Staurday's game will have no bearing on Brown's future. He is doomed. There are many managers for Hull to choose from, such as Alan Curbishley, Paul Ince and Paul Jewell. But a surprise contender could be Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson's son Darren, who has taken Peterborough United from League Two to the Championship in successive seasons.