Walter Novellino is due to be named Palermo's seventh new coach of the current season after Beppe Iachini walked away from the Sicilian club.
Iachini's second spell in charge, after being sacked in November and reinstated last month, lasted just three weeks. He did not lead training on Tuesday or Wednesday after telling club president Maurizio Zamparini he had had enough.
Zamparini spent Wednesday in talks with Novellino -- who he also hired and fired in the late-1990s when he was owner of Venezia -- and the former Sampdoria coach has been offered a contract until the end of the season.
All Novellino now needs to do is reach an agreement over the termination of his contract with Serie B club Modena, who sacked him last year.
"We've reached an agreement and tomorrow [Thursday] we're going to meet to define the final details," Novellino told Umbrian TV channel GrifoTube. "I can't see there being any obstacles. I just need to resolve things with Modena. Palermo are a great club and this is a wonderful challenge, I'm really delighted."
The 62-year-old's excitement contrasts with the disappointment of his predecessor Iachini, who said he could not wait to get away from Palermo earlier this week.
"I no longer agreed on the project with Zamparini," he told Mediaset television. "I've got my dignity as a man and as a professional. The criticism in these recent days has been over the top. Zamparini has known me for two-and-a-half years so it's strange that he's not worked out the way I play.
"That's why I've left. It was painful to argue and fight with a 75-year-old, so I chose to break down all communication. I just hope Palermo do not go down, both for the players and for the fans."
Novellino will become the eighth change at the helm of the Sicilian club this season and although this is not so abnormal given the hire-and-fire reputation Zamparini has, the president of the Italian Association of Coaches (AIAC), Renzo Ulivieri, says he has overstepped the mark this time.
"I don't want to say anything about some of the remarks Zamparini has made because they speak for themselves," he is quoted as saying by calcionews24.com. "For many years, I considered him a genuine benefactor for this category because he's made many jobs available, but this time he really has gone too far.
"I never imagined it could lead to so many [changes in coach]. Given the brutality of some of his remarks this time, and considering that we would be turned away if we tried to take any legal action against him, I would say that a good kick up the backside would do him good.
"On the other hand, we have total solidarity with a serious and able coach like Iachini, whose professional image will certainly not be tainted by what Zamparini has to say."