BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies are expected to unveil their new head coach next week, with a British newspaper tipping former West Indies fast bowler Ottis Gibson to fill the post.

While West Indies Cricket Board chief executive Ernest Hilaire said late yesterday that no decision had been made on a candidate to fill the vacancy, he revealed the board were in discussions with an individual and were currently in the “final stages of negotiations”.

“We expect to make an announcement early next week,” Hilaire told  CMC Sports.

However, the London Telegraph said yesterrday Gibson was set to leave his current post and England’s players had already been informed of his departure.

The Telegraph said details of the deal were still being worked out but Gibson would not be travelling on England’s six-week tour of Dubai and Bangladesh next month.