Following Henk Ten Cate's departure to take the assistant managerial post at Chelsea, youth team coach Adrie Koster is set to be promoted to the first team hotseat at Ajax.
The former Dutch international is likely to take charge until at least the end of the current season, with Ajax yet to rule out a contract extension should things go smoothly.
Koster, 52, took over as head of the youth academy at Ajax in late 2006 after being dismissed from the managerial post at RKC Waalwijk. Previously, he worked with Willem II, Roda JC, Helmond, TOP Oss, Excelsior, and VVV Venlo.
It is his time with Excelsior that he's perhaps best known for, guiding the Rotterdam minnows to promotion to the Eredivisie back in 2002, one year before ending his six-season tenure at the Woudestein.
However, this underlines the fact that he is inexperienced at the top level. His coaching jobs have generally been with smaller Dutch teams, with Ajax set to be by far his biggest test yet.
Of course, the same applied to Henk Ten Cate, but 'Henkie' did spend three years at Champions League-winning Barcelona, albeit as assistant.
Regardless, the Amsterdam giants are almost certainly poised to announce Koster as first team manager imminently.
