Tunisia manager Sabri Lamouchi is set to be sacked after his side's 5-1 World Cup thrashing by Sweden in Monterrey on Sunday, sources told dpa on Monday.
The decision is said to have been taken at an emergency meeting of the Tunisian football association's leadership.
Former boss Mondher Kbaier, who is already in Mexico and led the side between 2019 and 2022, is set to take over in Lamouchi's place.
The dominant Swedish win featured a brace from Brighton midfielder Yasin Ayari and goals from powerhouse forward duo Viktor Gyokeres and Alexander Isak, while Omar Rekik found the net for Tunisia just before the break.
"It’s a painful defeat. It hurts. It’s tough to start the competition with such a heavy defeat," said Lamouchi afterwards.
Since his appointment as Tunisia’s national coach in January, the 54-year-old Lamouchi has overseen just one victory in five games, a 1-0 win over minnows Haiti.
Tunisian media have reported of a lack of harmony between the team's experienced players and newcomers. The team's Africa Cup of Nations campaign last winter ended with a disappointing defeat to Mali in the Round of 16.
In the team's World Cup warm-ups, Lamouchi's side lost 1-0 to Austria and 5-0 to Belgium.
The North African side face difficult ties in their remaining two Group F matches against Japan on June 21 and the Netherlands on June 26.
Lamouchi, a former French international, previously managed Ivory Coast at the World Cup in 2014.
