 Moores and Pietersen have been working together as coach and captain since August
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England captain Kevin Pietersen says the tension between him and coach Peter Moores must be sorted out quickly.
The two men are finding it difficult to work together and the poor results on the pitch since Moores became coach in April 2007 are not helping.
Pietersen told the News of the World: "This situation is not healthy.
"We have to make sure it is settled as soon as possible and certainly before we fly to the West Indies. Everybody has to have the same aims."
Moores has declined to comment on the issue, but BBC Sport understands he will sit down with Pietersen and ECB managing director Hugh Morris this week to discuss the problems.
Former England captain David Gower told BBC 5 Live's Sportsweek: "When Pietersen was appointed captain he asked Moores to stay in the background and organise nets while he got on the with the job of organising the team.
"If there is a character clash in terms of personalities, Pietersen is the bigger one and it's not the sort of situation where compromise is going to work.
"You can't have factions and you can't have divisions. Morris has an interesting task on his hands to mediate if he can. If he can't he doesn't have much to work out who is going to coach England in the Ashes."
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Before accepting the role, he made a special trip to Loughborough for a private meeting with Moores with a view to establishing what each man's precise roles would be.
But the pair have failed to gel and, after a honeymoon period in which they won the final Test against South Africa and the one-day series 4-0, England flopped in the Stanford Super Series in Antigua before losing the one-dayers and Tests in India.
The News of the World also reported that Pietersen broke off from his safari holiday in Africa to hold "crisis talks" with Morris on Saturday.
That discussion appears to have prompted the imminent Pietersen-Moores-Morris showdown.
Moores is on a rolling contract and a decision to dismiss him at this stage could prove expensive.
BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew said: "There will be a routine review of the tour of India which will, I believe, assess Moores's performance as coach, and importantly the measure of support for him within the team.
"Whatever the verdict, Moores's position will be seriously undermined by a poor performance in the West Indies."
The England players are due to fly to the Caribbean on 21 January.
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