Freddie Ljungberg's time as interim head coach at Arsenal is coming to an end.
An announcement that Mikel Arteta will become Unai Emery's long-term replacement at the Emirates helm is imminent.
Arsenal have confirmed that the weekly press conference, to preview the weekend's game with Everton, that was due to be held on Thursday, has been postponed.
That means an announcement over the new head coach is imminent, with the club preferring to wait until Friday so the new man in charge can speak to the media for the first time, about his appointment and the first game of his tenure.
But what does that mean for Ljungberg?
Will he stay on under the Arteta regime? The two did not play together in the Arsenal team, with Arteta not arriving at the Emirates until four years after the Swede had left, so there is no real connection between the two.
However, Ljungberg is held in very high regard at the Emirates, having been a key cog in the development of young players from the academy into the first team.
But Ljungberg will have one game left in him - the match with Everton on Saturday, whether Arteta is appointed before then or not.
football.london 's senior Arsenal correspondent James Benge said: "He will take the lead on Saturday’s game against Everton, though whether it his final one in charge or the first of the Mikel Arteta era is up to the record books to decide, it will certainly have been the Swede who did the bulk of the work.
"He will hope the Arsenal players rally to at least ensure he ends his tenure with as many wins as defeats.
"Even if they do beat Everton it would be fair to say Arsenal haven’t quite had the new manager bounce they might have hoped for under Ljungberg but very little, if any, of the blame for that should lie at his door. He has been working with the same emotionally-drained, ill-balanced squad that Unai Emery had, it’s just he has been doing it without much of a coaching staff.
"Take the Manchester City game, where Pep Guardiola had three assistants and a wealth of coaching staff to call on. Ljungberg had academy chief Per Mertesacker and goalkeeping coach Sal Bibbo to aid him. It was nowhere near good enough and although Arsenal acted quickly this week to get Arteta in they should never have allowed Ljungberg to be so ill-supported for his brief tenure. Surely it is not beyond the abilities of a club like Arsenal to be able to bring in some coaches on a temporary basis?
"In all likelihood he will want to stay but could you blame him if he had grown frustrated over the last few weeks? Certainly it seemed the burden was growing exponentially in his final games and after both of the final two matches he urged the club to give him greater clarity over his staff.
"The record of one win, two draws and two defeats may not have been what Ljungberg was hoping for but he still deserves enormous credit for taking the hospital pass he was thrown on Unai Emery’s sacking and then marching forward through hit upon hit upon hit. This period ought only to enhance his standing at Arsenal."
