Guy Luzon looks set to be appointed manager of Championship side Charlton Athletic, according to reports in Israel.
Charlton sacked Bob Peeters yesterday after a poor run of form has seen the Addicks slip into the bottom half of the table, 10 points adrift of the promotion play-off spots.
The 39 year-old Israeli served as manager of Standard Liege last season, taking them to a second place finish in Belgium's top league, but was released in October after a bad start to this year's campaign.
Charlton is owned by Roland Duchatelet who also owns Standard Liege, and Luzon was retained as his football advisor after he left the Belgian side. He flew from Israel to London this morning.
Luzon is the nephew of Uefa Executive Committee member and former Israel FA chairman Avi Luzon. His first managerial opportunity was with the family-owned club Maccabi Petah Tikvah.
Between 2002 and 2007, under Luzon, Maccabi Petah Tikvah consistently finished in the top half of Ligat Ha'al and were even runners-up in 2004/05. After spells in charge of Hapoel Tel Aviv, and Bnei Yehuda, he managed the Israel under-21 team who qualified as hosts for the Euro 2013 in Israel. Although the team failed to get past the group stage, Luzon's youngsters did beat England 1-0.
If appointed, Luzon will become only the second-ever Israeli to manage in England after Avram Grant. Charlton already has an Israeli on its books in the shape of defender Tal Ben Haim.
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