Dundee United chairman Stephen Thompson will be formally joined by his sister Justine on the board this week.
The latest chapter in the Thompson family’s reign at Tannadice will be written, possibly as early as Tuesday, when the changes are agreed at a meeting of directors.
Some legal details have yet to be finalised but the new era has been mapped out thanks to their mother Cath agreeing the transfer of her 86.2% stake to her children.
Cath, who was left the shareholding by her late husband and former chairman Eddie, will step down as vice-chairwoman and come off the board but will be given the title of honorary president of the club Eddie bought a controlling interest in back in September 2002.
The new arrangment will see current chairman Stephen hold over 50% of the shares in the Tangerines and, in a powerful statement of intent, there will be a fresh six-figure injection of Thompson family money into United over the next few weeks.
Justine will be a full director and will be teaming up with her brother Stephen, fellow directors Derek Robertson and Mike Martin, as well as associate directors Spence Anderson (company secretary), Colin Stewart (ArabTRUST representative) and Stephen Bain.
Meanwhile, it is understood that United are within touching distance of agreeing new deals with young stars John Souttar and Ryan Gauld.
The 17-year-olds have been a revelation for the Tangerines and have understandably attracted a substantial amount of interest from England in particular.
However, United are keen to keep them and talks are believed to be at an advanced stage with the duo’s agent, John Colquhoun, and hopes are high that Souttar and Gauld will soon be signing new, improved contracts that will recognise their talent and status as part of the first-team squad.
Also, there could finally be good news for United striker Nadir Ciftci following his red-card nightmare at Inverness Caley Thistle last week.
Courier Sport understands that representatives of the Turkish national set-up have been in Scotland to watch the player in action and he is in line for a call-up.
Although brought up in the Netherlands and having played twice for the Dutch national under-17 side, Ciftci was born in Turkey and featured seven times for their under-19s.
Indeed, he was close to a senior cap for the Turks while a Portsmouth player only for a passport mix-up to scupper his chance.
Also, Ciftci’s sending-off in the ill-tempered Scottish League Cup quarter-final could be reduced to a yellow card, although that would still leave him facing the two notices of complaint that were issued by the SFA last week.
As well as Ciftci catching the eye of Turkey, this week is likely to see his United teammate Gauld promoted from the Scotland under-19 squad to the under-21s ahead of their Euro qualifier against Georgia at St Mirren Park a week on Thursday.