Real Madrid legend Roberto Carlos has agreed an 18-month deal to become technical director of Akhisar Belediyespor in Turkey.

The Super Lig club confirmed Carlos's appointment with the 125-time capped Brazilian expected to become manager Mustafa Resit Akcay's replacement.

A statement from the Akhisar board on their official website read: "We have an agreement with Roberto Carlos [for] 1.5 years, including the second half of the 2014-2015 season and 2015-2016 season as an option.

"The agreement was signed Thursday [and] a future signing ceremony will be held Friday at our facility. Saturday our team will participate in the camp, which will begin.

"[We would like to wish] success to our new technical director in the task we wish to be beneficial to our Akhisarsporu and our community."