Blackburn Rovers Indian owners Venkys have sacked manager Henning Berg after just 57 days in charge following a series of disappointing results.
Meanwhile, The Sun has reported that Venkys have offered former Arsenal trainee Ali, 39, a place in their new coaching set-up even though they have yet to decide on Bergs successor.
But the appointment of British-born Ali is certain to alarm beleaguered supporters, who are fuming at the way the Indian poultry firm has ruined the club, says The Sun.
Ali had played a footballer in the 2007 Bollywood feature 'Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal'. He has no pedigree in English football management, yet is likely to pick the team for the game at Oakwell along with academy management duo Colin Hendry and Gary Bowyer.
The club said on its official website that Berg, along with assistant manager Eric Black, first team coach Iain Brunskill and goalkeeping coach Bobby Mimms, were departing with immediate effect.
Bergs last match in charge was a 1-0 defeat at Middlesbrough on Wednesday and that added to a grim run of results for the club, which was relegated from the Barclays Premier League to the English Championship at the end of last season, the report said. In his 10 matches in charge, the Norwegian presided over only one Championship victory, a 4-1 win against Peterborough United on November 17.
Bergs team drew three of the other matches and lost the remaining six, which is a poor record by any standards, but the Indian owners are still coming under fire for the decision to get rid of him so soon.
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