Reading have appointed former Southampton boss Nigel Adkins as their new manager.
Adkins, who replaces Brian McDermott at the Royals, will be presented to the media at a news conference on Tuesday.
Reading are seven points adrift of safety and are second bottom of the Premier League, with eight games left.
Adkins, 48, led Southampton to back-to-back promotions before being sacked in January and has previously managed at Bangor City and Scunthorpe United.
He will be assisted at the Madejski Stadium by Andy Crosby, who was with him at St Mary's.
After a trip to Arsenal's Emirates Stadium on Saturday, Adkins's first home game in charge will be against his former employers, Southampton.
His dismissal in January, and replacement by former Espanyol coach Mauricio Pochettino, came when the Saints were three points clear of the relegation zone in their first season back in the Premier League.
McDermott, 51, led Reading to promotion last season, but four successive Premier League defeats left them four points adrift of safety, and he lost his job on 11 March.
Brighton boss Gus Poyet had been in the running for the Royals job but opted to stay at the play-off chasing Championship side while former Swindon boss Paolo Di Canio was also a target.
Owner Anton Zingarevich was delighted to welcome Adkins to the Berkshire club, and said it was an appointment for the "short and long term".
"He has great respect within the game," said the Russian.
"His CV speaks for itself and he has many attributes as a manager, he is progressive, he develops players, his teams play attacking, passing football but most of all he knows how to win games at all levels.
"This is an appointment we have made both with the short and long term in mind and Nigel can take our club forward."
-BBC
