The future of Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson looked likely to become much clearer on Monday - a day after the 8-1 thrashing at Middlesbrough.
City suffered an embarrassing loss to bring the curtain down on the Swede's first season in English club football.
However, it could be his last at Eastlands as his job was under threat even before the capitulation at the Riverside.
Eriksson le
ft his post-match press conference on Sunday night admitting he expected a phone call from the club's owner Thaksin Shinawatra - or at least one of his advisers - to update him on news about his future.
But it does not look good for the ex-England coach, with former Thai prime minister Thaksin having already expressed his disappointment with the final outcome of Eriksson's 10 months in charge.
"To live in the unsecure is never good for anyone but I hope to not be living in the unsecure very soon, within hours," Eriksson said after the Middlesbrough game.
"I expect to speak to people - or they speak to me - from the owners' side but I have had no answer (about the future) yet."
Asked when he expected to speak to Thaksin, Eriksson said: "Now, as soon as I have finished here I hope."
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