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Kris Meeke will be confirmed as a Citroen driver in the World Rally Championship for the next three years before the end of the week.

The French manufacturer will outline a three-year plan to run Meeke and Stephane Lefebvre in a PH Sport DS 3 WRC on a selected programme of rallies next year while developing its 2017 C3 WRC.

The deal also secures a place for Meeke in Citroen's full-budget return to the World Rally Championship in 2017.

Citroen team principal Yves Matton told Autosport's sister publication Motorsport News: "We're in close negotiation with Kris on this subject, but nothing is confirmed.

"At the moment we are looking at everything including what rallies, when, who. Everything.

"We have some time still to sort this out - we have until Friday for the deadline for the Monte Carlo Rally entry."

On the subject of Lefebvre, Matton added: "I cannot say more than what I have just said about Kris."

For more on Meeke's deal, see this week's special Christmas double issue of Motorsport News, also including:

- The 60 defining moments of 2015

- F1 season review

- Interview with BTCC champion Gordon Shedden

- Tom Ingram's crazy Christmas track test

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