On June 17, Toon fans will learn where their first game in the second tier will be, with the season starting on August 8.
And if all goes to plan for Ashley, Shearer will have his troops back for pre-season training on July 1.
Llambias: “We want him to be the manager 110%. He’s very good at what he does and he’s a straight-talking guy – we like that.
“He’d be the perfect appointment.
“Talks will start today and we are going to review the situation.
“We are trying to sort something and we’ll give the public some information as soon as possible.
“Alan has put a lot of work into the job at Newcastle and we're talking to him now.
“We’ve still got some good players here as well, but it is between ourselves and Alan what happens here at the moment.
“We can’t talk too much about any of that at the moment until we know what direction we are going.”