Crystal Palace expect to appoint Lucien Favre as their new manager.
Talks over making the 63-year-old Roy Hodgson’s successor are at an advanced stage and only an unexpected collapse of the deal will now prevent Favre from taking over at Selhurst Park.
Negotiations over the Swiss coach’s backroom team are now underway while the club have also started the process of securing Favre a work permit - but both issues are understood to be a formality.
Favre’s expected appointed will bring to an end the Eagles’ seven-week search for a new boss following Hodgson’s departure at the end of last season.