Tottenham appear to be sticking with Igor Tudor until Liverpool, after it was confirmed that the Croatian will be holding a pre-match press conference for the Premier League clash.
However, make no mistake, things could change very quickly.
It has been four games, four defeats, and 14 goals conceded. Tudor is quite simply living on borrowed time at Tottenham, and Tuesday night in Madrid should have been the moment that completely sealed his fate.
The 5-2 mauling at the hands of Atlético Madrid — which makes it six straight losses in all competitions, a first in the club's entire 144-year history — left Spurs fans apoplectic and the board scrambling.
Chief executive Vinai Venkatesham arrived at the training ground early on Wednesday morning for crunch talks with Tudor and his coaching staff.
The club have confirmed the Croatian will take Friday's pre-match press conference ahead of Sunday's trip to Anfield, handing him a short-term lifeline, but few expect him to survive much longer.
Spurs sit just one point above the Premier League relegation zone, and with their Champions League exit much more likely than not, this season is fast becoming a Lilywhites nightmare.
The dressing room, it is widely reported, has not taken to Tudor at all — a reality painfully illustrated by his failure to even acknowledge the distraught 22-year-old Antonin Kinsky as the goalkeeper trudged off the Metropolitano pitch, having made two catastrophic errors in the opening 17 minutes.
Teammates consoled the young Czech keeper, while the manager stood motionless.
Tudor's own response to the mounting pressure was almost comically defiant.
"It's not about me," he said after the Atletico disaster.
"We need to stay calm. Less talking."
Spurs fans will disagree on that last point.
So what happens if — or rather when — the axe falls? Sky Sports reporter Lyall Thomas has explained exactly how the decision-making process works at Tottenham, and his answer throws up a name that most supporters will never have heard of.
'Interesting' Tottenham name set for big say on Igor Tudor's future
Speaking to Sky's official website, Thomas has shared some insight into the corridors of power at Spurs.
"The process that took place when Thomas Frank was sacked was that the senior leadership group at Tottenham, which includes CEO Vinai Venkatesham and sporting director Johan Lange, recommended to the ownership and the board that it was time to make a change," Thomas explained.
"That's certainly the process that will be followed again, but it will be the owners Vivienne and Charles Lewis who have the final say on whether or not the head coach should be changed."
So far, so predictable, but then came the curveball.
"There's also another interesting name in there that Spurs fans may not have heard of before, and that is Nick Beucher," Thomas said.
"He is the son-in-law of Vivienne Lewis and is said to be increasingly influential in key decisions there. So, he would also have a say."
Nick Beucher. Not a name that features in any football almanac, but reportedly one of the key figures who will determine what happens at one of England's biggest clubs over the coming days.
His apparent growing influence — operating through his family connection to co-owner Vivienne Lewis — adds another layer of intrigue to an already chaotic situation at Hotspur Way.
As for who comes next, the bookmakers have made Sean Dyche the frontrunner, with Roberto De Zerbi at 4/1 and Robbie Keane — who TEAMtalk report has already been spoken to — also prominent.
Mauricio Pochettino remains the romantic option, but his World Cup commitments with the USA make any summer appointment the earliest realistic timeline.
Whoever Beucher, the Lewises, Venkatesham and Lange ultimately decide upon, they need to get it right. Third time unlucky is not a phrase Spurs fans can afford to hear.