**Hull City boss Phil Brown will remain in charge for next weekend’s game with Stoke, BBC Radio 5 live understands.**Brown’s future has come under intense scrutiny after the BBC learned Adam Pearson will rejoin the club as Hull’s new chairman on Monday.
But Pearson has told 5 live that he will not be discussing Brown’s position as manager when the pair meet.
Hull are in the relegation zone after Saturday’s 2-0 loss to Burnley but Brown said he expected to stay on.
Brown, who Pearson appointed at the club, said: "I will speak to the owner [Russell Bartlett] later and on Sunday, and we will find out more on Monday.
“I expect to be manager of this club in the Premier League next year.”
Pearson left Hull to join Derby County in October 2007, but departed the Rams last week to “pursue new challenges”. He will replace former chairman Paul Duffen, who also resigned last week.
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The 45-year-old bought Hull in 2001 when they were in administration and was in the stands at Turf Moor on Saturday.
But it is not yet clear whether he will look to appoint a new manager as Brown struggles to arrest Hull’s recent form.
Brown added: “The announcement will be forthwith and hopefully I’ll be standing alongside Adam Pearson on Monday.”
After the defeat at Burnley, the Hull manager was unable to disguise his feelings about the performance of referee Mike Jones, saying the four biggest decisions in the match wrongly went against his team.
He felt the Clarets’ opening goal came from a penalty that was wrongly allowed, before his team were themselves denied a penalty when Jones played advantage following a foul on Kamel Ghilas in the second half.
Geovanni’s free-kick found the back of the neck but was disallowed - wrongly, felt Brown - for a push in the wall, before the Brazilian was sent off for two bookable fouls.
Brown felt Geovanni’s second challenge did not warrant a yellow card.
Having kept a calm demeanour during the match, he said afterwards: "The Burnley fans were baying for blood because of the first decision that went against us.
"If it stays 0-0 at half-time the game stays tight and I’ve got no qualms with their second goal - but at that stage it should have been 2-1 to us. Maybe you should start interviewing referees after the game.
“You don’t want excuses, you don’t want reasons, you want referees to make big decisions. If he [Mike Jones] is going home thinking he’s got the big decisions right I’m begging him to go home and watch Match of the Day tonight and tell me he’s got them right.”
Jones was the referee who awarded Sunderland a goal after the “beachball” incident against Liverpool two weeks ago.
Brown, whose team have garnered eight points this season - just one more than basement clubs Portsmouth and West Ham - added: "We’re in a tight situation. We’re in the bottom three.
“But the threat of relegation does inhibit good players. Saying that, I asked the players for a committed performance and I got one.”
During his first tenure as chairman of the Tigers, Pearson saw the side gain two promotions to rise from what is now League Two to the Championship.
He was succeeded by Duffen, who saw Hull rise to the Premier League in 2008.
While chairman of football at Derby, Pearson appointed Nigel Clough as manager and said he was leaving the club in good shape.