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ANGE Postecoglou's reign as Socceroos coach will officially begin within hours after the stand-off between Football Federation Australia and Melbourne Victory over releasing their coach was finally resolved on Tuesday night.
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Victory agreed to release Postecoglou from the remainder of his contract until 2015 on Tuesday evening in a teleconference with FFA CEO David Gallop - though details still have to be agreed over what, if any, compensation is to be paid.
Once that is completed Postecoglou will be official unveiled as the successor to Holger Osieck.
Hours of often acrimonious talks ended with Victory's realisation that keeping Postecoglou against his will - the coach having made clear to the club that he was desperate to take the Socceroos job - would ultimately be counterproductive.
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Victory's agreement clears the way for Postecoglou to sign a contract with FFA once final details are agreed, before formally resigning from the Victory position he has held for the past 18 months. His first assignment will be a friendly, believed to be against Costa Rica, in Sydney on November 15.
Even as FFA prepared for Postecoglou's arrival by axing assistant national coach Robbie Hooker, Victory had initially refused to cede ground having warned the governing body that it would not release Postecoglou for much less than $1m.
FFA is desperate to avoid another hefty payout after it was forced to compensate Osieck $1 million of his $1.5 million salary. He was sacked last Saturday, after consecutive 6-0 drubbings to Brazil and France.
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It's believed that the other main candidate, Central Coast boss Graham Arnold, has privately offered any assistance he can to his long-term friend Postecoglou, based on his 10 years in the national team set-up.
It is also understood FFA is negotiating a payout with Hooker, who was hand-picked by Osieck in 2010. But first assistant Aurelio Vidmar will stay with FFA and could remain on Postecoglou's coaching staff.
Postecoglou will hand pick his assistants and it's believed that he wants Victory's conditioning guru, head of performance Peter Cklamovski, to join him in his Socceroos stable.
Gallop has instituted a complete review of the national team under its new head of department, former Socceroo Luke Casserley, suggesting that Hooker may not be the only departure.
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Victory had already started putting plans in place last week for Kevin Muscat to take over as interim coach for the rest of the season and he has already sounded out assistants.
While it was declared a three-horse race also including Central Coast's Graham Arnold and Western Sydney's Tony Popovic, Postecoglou was ultimately the man they were after and the only one chief executive David Gallop has interviewed.
FFA was desperate to finalise the appointment by Friday so Postecoglou can have the chance to select a squad for next month's two home friendlies.
The players' clubs have to be notified 14 days before the first game, which is likely to be on Thursday, November 14, and Postecoglou may pick an extended squad to bring in several fresh faces.
The Victory board is believed to have discussed the compensation matter last week and Postecoglou openly expressed his desire to lead the national team.
Victory players were oblivious to the manoeuvering behind the scenes with the 48-year-old taking training as per normal ahead of Friday's clash against his old side at Etihad Stadium
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The governing body's desperation to make the appointment this week was compounded by the fact that, after the upcoming friendlies, the Socceroos won't play again until the next FIFA international window in March.
Postecoglou's appointment caps a remarkable transformation for the man who was unemployable, following a seven-year spell coaching the Australian Joeys (Under 17s) and Young Socceroos (Under 20s) that drew criticism for poor results.
Postecoglou, capped four times by Australia, won two national titles with South Melbourne and most recently two more with Brisbane Roar.
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