Reports in Spain say that Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini will pay the price of failure by being sacked by the club on Wednesday.

Sports paper Marca informs that club President Florentino Perez will use the Directors meeting to announce the sacking, bringing Pellegrini´s term at the club to a premature end.

The former Villarreal coach joined Real Madrid last summer and was handed the task of leading a team that had signed star players Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Karim Benzema and Xabi Alonso over the summer.

However, despite a team packed with stars, Real Madrid´s season has to be considered a failure: the club was knocked out of the Copa del Rey by third tier side Alcorcon and also failed in the Champions League, falling to Olympic Lyon in the first knockout stage.

With the Champions League final to be played in Madrid´ss Santiago Bernabeu Stadium this Saturday, that defeat was especially painful and virtually sealed Pellegrin s fate.

via Reports: Real Madrid coach Pellegrini to be sacked on Wednesday.