Dick Advocaat is set to perform a U-turn and accept a one-year contract to remain as Sunderland manager.
The 67-year-old Dutchman
said in May he no longer wished to continue a career in club management, having led the Black Cats to Premier League safety.
Advocaat joined the club in March until the end of the season,
replacing the sacked Gus Poyet,with the side one point above the relegation zone.
"The decision was always Sunderland or nobody," he said at the time.
Advocaat was offered the job at the end of the 2014-15 season, but told the club "it is better to stop now", although it seems he has now had a change of heart and will extend his stay at the Stadium of Light.
Advocaat's international clubs
Netherlands (twice), United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Belgium, Russia and Serbia.
He was in tears
as he secured Sunderland's Premier League survival with a goalless draw at Arsenal in their penultimate game of the season.
The former Netherlands boss, who managed Scottish club Rangers between 1998 and 2002, lost his first Premier League game in charge of Sunderland
at West Ham.
But they went on to record three wins and three draws in the remaining eight games to pull clear of relegation, including
a 1-0 win over North East rivals Newcastle.
Prior to joining Sunderland, Advocaat won the league title and cup double twice at Ibrox, and league titles in his homeland with PSV Eindhoven and in Russia with Zenit St Petersburg.
He also led Zenit to victory over Rangers in the 2008 Uefa Cup final and Manchester United in the Uefa Super Cup later that