Steve Bruce has not spoken to Newcastle United's new owners about his future since leading the Magpies to a 3-2 defeat at home by Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.
A Saudi-backed consortium purchased Newcastle from Mike Ashley earlier this month for £305million and the club's new hierarchy are expected to make a swift managerial change.
There was a raucous atmosphere at St James' Park for the clash with Spurs at the weekend which descended into anti-Bruce chanting after a fifth defeat in eight Premier League games.
This has only increased speculation Bruce will be sacked, but the 60-year-old has received no fresh indication this is the case.
As reported by the Daily Star , the likes of Newcastle chairman Yasir al-Rumayyan and minority stakeholder Amanda Staveley have not spoken to the manager over his future since the loss to Spurs.
Bruce is therefore expected to take charge of the trip to Crystal Palace on Saturday in what will be the 1001th game of his managerial career.
Nonetheless, his days in the dugout are said to be numbered and a change of manager appears all but certain ahead of Newcastle's next home game, against Chelsea on 30 October.
Newcastle's new owners are keen to avoid a repeat of the hostile atmosphere witnessed at the full-time whistle last weekend but they do not want to rush into an appointment.
The likes of Eddie Howe, Paulo Fonseca and Lucien Favre are the leading contenders to take over, and allowing Bruce a final away game in charge will buy Newcastle's board more time to whittle down their shortlist.
Howe rejected the chance to become Celtic manager earlier this year and he is believed to be interested in taking over on Tyneside.
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Bruce, meanwhile, appreciates he has no long-term future with Newcastle but insists he will continue giving his all to the role until he is dismissed.
"The new owners have been very respectful," he told reporters after the defeat by Spurs.
"I can’t say enough of them the way they have gone about their business for the last week, 10 days but Rome wasn’t built in a day, as they say.
"We have still got our frailties as a team and it’s up to me in the near future anyway to hopefully get better.
"Ever since I have walked into this club of ours it is difficult. I knew how difficult was going to be with the frustrations.
"I will carry on as best I can until I hear otherwise. The owners have conducted themselves respectfully since they came in. As long as I hear otherwise, I will go into work tomorrow."
