The whispers have begun even before the Cubs’ season is officially complete.

The competitive portion ended Wednesday night with a Brewers win that clinched the final NL wild-card spot. The Cubs seem destined for significant changes this offseason and manager Joe Maddon’s future is very much in doubt.

There will be no shortage of interested suitors if he is let go and, according to The Athletic, the Angels would be among them.

The plan has been to re-evaluate Maddon after the season and Chicago is in the midst of an eight-game losing streak that allowed the Cardinals to pull away in the NL Central and the Brewers to pass them for the wild card.

Maddon, 65, said he and team president Theo Epstein will sit down to discuss his future in the coming days.

“That’s the way it’s been from the beginning,” Maddon, who led the team to its first World Series championship in 108 years in 2016, told the Chicago Tribune.

“When you’re in the position I’m in,” Maddon said, “I’ve been there before for a two-week period, you do have choices, which is unusual. But we’ll talk it all the way through. Listen, we have a wonderful relationship. We work really well together, so we’ll talk about it some more and see how it goes.”

Despite Maddon’s pleasant comments, there have long been rumors of discord between him and Epstein. A divorce might be inevitable and the Angels are in desperate times.

The Angels’ current manager, Brad Ausmus, is completing a disappointing first season, as the franchise watches another year of Mike Trout’s prime go past without a playoff victory. The Athletic report states the Angels would consider moving on from Ausmus after just one season in favor of Maddon.

Maddon spent 31 years with the Angels franchise in a variety of roles, including coach and interim manager.

A reunion now appears a possibility.