Sean Dyche is set to replace Ange Postecoglou as Nottingham Forest manager with multiple media outlets reporting that the 54-year-old Englishman had verbally agreed terms on a contract running until 2027.
Australian coach Postecoglou was sacked after Forest's 3-0 loss to Chelsea at the weekend, ending a miserable, and ruthlessly short, run of eight winless games in charge.
Dyche's appointment is yet to be officially announced by the club.
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It is being viewed as a safe, if not sexy, appointment.
Dyche is a former Forest player and an experienced Premier League manager who spent a decade with Burnley before most recently leading Everton between 2023-25.
Postecoglou, meanwhile, will lick his wounds before going again.
"Wrong place. Wrong time," Premier League Hall of Famer Martin Tyler told Stan Sport.
"Maybe such a brief encounter will turn out to be a blessing in disguise. Ange is made of stern stuff - I have no doubt that he will come again."
Stan Sport expert Mark Pougatch said it was highly unlikely Postecoglou would get another Premier League gig in his career.
"He was on a hiding to nothing from the beginning, replacing a very popular manager in Nuno who was Forest's most successful for decades," Pougatch said.
"As soon as Ange made a slow start the Forest fans were making that point out loud and very forcibly."
British football pundit Andy Brassell told Stan Sport that Postecoglou "never stood a chance" in Nottingham.
"Parachuted into an already-started season and a squad for a coach with principles diametrically opposed to his," Brassell said.
"It wasn't a success but most will understand what a no-win situation it was, and such a short spell shouldn't significantly damage his reputation."
Fellow analyst Katie Shanahan told Stan Sport that the 60-year-old's axing was "very harsh."
"No time to get across your philosophy or even get to know the players! These Nottingham Forest players were used to Nuno's counter-attacking style that took them into Europe for the first time in 30 years," Shanahan said.
"Ange's attacking style is the complete opposite and needed time.
"Football is a brutal, results-based business with Postecoglou failing to win any of his eight matches in charge. So where does he go from here?"
Speaking on The Weekend Wrap on Stan Sport, Liverpool legend Michael Owen said Dyche would be a solid choice for Forest.
"Absolutely. And when you look a little bit further back from that, Steve Stone, Ian Woan, players that are always on his staff, big heroes at Nottingham from back in the day," Owen said.
"So there's a lot there that links Sean Dyche to Nottingham and I'm sure Sean Dyche would jump at that opportunity.
"With those links of backroom staff with him, with him living in the area, with the team struggling and probably needing somebody just to get hold of it and to make sure they're safe, then that looks like a sensible appointment to me."