Celtic are working on an agreement to name Eddie Howe as the club's new manager early next week.
Howe has held face-to-face talks with the club's major shareholder Dermot Desmond in London.
And the 43-year-old Englishman is now ready to commit to a move to Glasgow if the Parkhead hierarchy agree to the structural changes he wants put in place.
Sportsmail understands the former Bournemouth manager is prepared to work with current first-team coaches John Kennedy and Gavin Strachan, but wants the final say on who fills a newly-created technical director role.