Jose Mourinho is confident he will be coaching in Spain next season, although an announcement is yet to be made about his future.
The Inter Milan coach is expected to take charge at Real Madrid, with the Spanish side holding a board meeting after which club president Florentino Perez will give a press conference.
It is expected Perez will confirm the departure of Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini after just one year at the helm, but it remains to be seen whether he will shed some light on the progression of negotiations with Mourinho.
The Portuguese coach is under contract at Inter until June 2012, but has a get-out clause in his deal which will be exercised should Madrid meet the fee of 16million euros.
But Mourinho has no doubt Madrid will pay whatever is required to secure his services.
The 47-year-old met with Inter's finance director Rinaldo Ghelfi in Milan today and afterwards told reporters: "Now I am on holiday, then I will go and work in Spain."
Madrid's executives have thus far remained tight-lipped over the situation, but Inter president Massimo Moratti revealed today he did not expect Mourinho's future to be resolved any time soon.
He said: "We are not even close [to reaching a settlement], actually quite the opposite.
"We haven't even started [to discuss it]. We will need a bit more time."
Moratti, who had supper with Mourinho on Monday night, added: "Any [further] meetings with Mourinho? There are no meetings scheduled for today.
"I suggest you [the press] use your time wisely because nothing is going to happen here [in Milan]."
Mourinho, who joined Inter in June 2008, led the Nerazzurri to arguably their best ever campaign last season as the club clinched a famous treble of Coppa Italia, Serie A and Champions League.
Speculation has quickly turned to who will replace Mourinho if his move to Madrid is confirmed.
Dutchman Guus Hiddink has been strongly linked with a move to the San Siro, while Italy's leading sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport devoted today's front page to the need for England manager Fabio Capello to take the Inter reins.
Gazzetta's main headline read: "Capello - Inter, three reasons to say yes.
"He inherits a strong squad, he can launch a challenge with Mourinho and the president has liked him for some time.''
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