Garry Hill is set for crunch talks with Dr Abdulla Al-Humaidi which could decide whether he remains manager of Ebbsfleet United.

The pair are due to sit down on Friday with Fleet chief executive Dave Archer to discuss the club’s immediate future.

Hill needs assurances the club will be more stable next season if he’s to start work on building a new squad.

He said: “We’ll see what comes out over the next seven days.

“I will go to London on Friday with the MD, Dave Archer, and have a chat with the boss. That has, I’ve been told, in principle, been agreed and we’ll see where we are from there.

“I’m hoping to go up there and have clarification of a picture in my own mind going forward. That’s the first and only thing at the moment.

“Being fair to anybody, I’ve got nothing else to say at the present time.

“I enjoy it at the football club and I’d like to stay as manager.

“I want my own management staff and I want to go forward with a new playing structure for the stability of the football club, which is manageable and affordable.

“Stability is very important at any football club – not just Ebbsfleet. My only interest is hoping that’s the case at Ebbsfleet.

“I don’t want to put an ultimatum on a day (Friday) but I’d like to feel I’ll have a clearer picture what direction I’m going in as an individual to be a football manager and hopefully that’s at Ebbsfleet United.”

• Hill facing 'a very tough summer'

Hill’s six months in charge have been littered with drama – and most of it the sort a manager would rather avoid.

Players and staff have often been paid late and the squad have issued three damning statements against the club in that time, yet Fleet took their play-off push to the final week of the season.

However, they took just two of a possible 15 points during April and were thrashed 5-1 at Bromley on the final day.

“I’m pleased to see the back of the last five games,” admitted Hill. “But the boys have done tremendous and the supporters have played their part.

“Of course, there’s been a certain amount of stuff I’ve learnt and picked up as I’ve gone along but I’ve always talked to Dave Archer and I get assurances from him on certain things.

“I’m in a position in my football career where I have been used to certain things. I know how to manage certain things and I think that’s very important.

“I have to talk about ‘on the field’ all the time. To be where they were in November and get to where we finished, and to still have an outside chance of getting in the play-offs (until Easter Monday), it wasn’t to be but all credit to the supporters, players, staff, management and everyone around the club.

“I just hope I get some clarification going forward and know where I stand myself over the next seven days.”