Sam Allardyce will be unveiled as the new manager of Everton in the next 48 hours with Liverpool legend Sammy Lee expected to be part of his coaching team.
Talks were continuing on Tuesday night after representatives of Allardyce met Everton’s major shareholder Farhad Moshiri in London.
Allardyce, 63, arrives back from a holiday with wife Lynne on Wednesday and is expected to meet Moshiri to finalise the deal.
But most of the details have already been agreed, including a salary of approaching £6million a year, and both sides expect the former England manager to be in charge for Saturday’s Premier League match against Huddersfield.