Sam Allardyce expects to learn a decision on his Everton future next week.
Sunday’s final Premier League game of the season against West Ham will see Allardyce meet with Blues supremo Farhad Moshiri for a debrief meeting.
A potential summer of upheaval lies ahead at Goodison Park with PSV Eindhoven’s sporting director Marcel Brands already lined up to join the club.
The search for a new CEO is also likely with Robert Elstone expected to leave Everton while Wayne Rooney is weighing up a summer move to DC United.
Allardyce previously claimed that he had the backing of Moshiri but admitted that the lack of public backing has not helped his own period of uncertainty.
“I would have thought there will be some meeting somewhere along the line next week,” said the ex-England boss.
“I would think it will be with Farhad. It depends on what part of the world he’s in. He’s a busy man, running companies worth billions and billions of pounds.
“His schedule is far greater than mine so I’ll drop into his schedule whenever I possibly can and meet him where I can, if that is what he wishes.
“He has got things to sort out. We all have things to sort out. At the moment for me it is speculation and I will find out what Farhad is thinking when I see him.
“I can’t speculate or predict what Farhad is thinking or isn’t thinking. I’ve done all I can do, that’s what I’ll say to him – I can’t do any more than that.
“Right now the players will be speculating, as will the staff, as will everybody.
“Speculation is one of the worst things to happen in a football club results-wise because when it starts – and there’s a lot of speculation about me, about players and about everything else – it’s difficult.”