Chris Fagan’s return to the Lions is set to be ratified at a Brisbane board meeting on Tuesday night.
The Lions coach has been on a leave of absence for more than a month after being implicated in Hawthorn’s racism scandal that rocked the AFL.
While his name has yet to be cleared by an AFL investigation that won’t conclude until December 22, Fagan is set to be at work for the start of pre-season training next month.
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“We’ve got a board meeting tomorrow night where we’re discussing Chris’ return to work but … it’ll be sooner rather than later,” Lions chief executive Greg Swann said on Monday.
“We don’t think there’s an impediment now for Chris to come back and start to get back to work.
“He’ll still comply with that (investigation) panel but it’s not too far away.”
Swann said Fagan was looking forward to “getting back to work” and “clearing his name” and those inside the club couldn’t “compute” the allegations against the man they know.
“That process will take care of itself,” he said.
“He was certainly taken aback by it all.
“For those that know him, we struggled to compute that he would be involved in any of that sort of stuff.
“He’s been disappointed, then he’s been angry … you’re innocent until proven guilty.”
Swann also distanced himself from any links to the vacant Essendon chief executive job.
“I’m here, I’m in Brisbane, I love it,” he said.
Swann was speaking at Mabel Park State High School for the launch of the Logan Lions Youth Academy.
