Pat Dolan will hold talks with St Patrick's Athletic chairman Andy O'Callaghan this evening as the Inchicore club attempt to keep their manager at Richmond Park.
Dolan has been linked with the vacant managers post at Cork City but St Patrick's are keen to hang on to the 34-year-old who has been in charge of team affairs since 1997.
O'Callaghan is aware of the interest from Cork and is believed to have drawn up an improved contract, complete with the carrot of a €500,000 investment from builder Mick Wallace, to tie Dolan to St Patrick's.
The pair are expected to meet at 7 p.m. tonight to thrash out the details of the offer and clarify the manager's immediate future.
"We want Pat Dolan to stay at St Patrick's Athletic," O'Callaghan told this morning's Irish Times. "We held a long meeting with Pat on Tuesday night when we made him an offer. Pat asked to be given time to consider that offer and we agreed to that. We are aware that Pat has had an offer from Cork City."
Cork City are due to unveil a successor to Liam Murphy at a noon press conference tomorrow.