The real estate Mike Francesa will leave behind is not in the same shape as when he left the first time.

Francesa has been destroyed in the ratings in his final book, which will become official next Monday when Michael Kay will be officially declared the undisputed king of the sports radio afternoon ratings.

So Francesa’s WFAN replacements will not be taking over a No. 1 time slot, making their job that much harder when the next ratings period begins Jan. 6.

Who will be replacing Francesa?

Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts will be FAN’s new afternoon duo, The Post has learned. The team has been the favorite since The Post reported a month ago, to Entercom’s surprise, that Bart Scott was fleeing FAN for ESPN New York.

In semi-retirement, Francesa is expected to be on daily from 6 to 6:30 p.m. on FAN, while also talking sports and politics at yet-to-be-defined times on Radio.com.

Both Benigno and Roberts are expected to agree to their new contracts by the end of the week that will earn them raises to work 2 to 6 p.m., according to sources. No deals are yet officially signed, but enough progress has been made to believe they will be soon.

Joe & Evan are scheduled to be on in afternoons this week, though it is just a fill-in role and nothing official.

Joe & Evan to afternoons would push Maggie Gray, under contract through 2020, into middays. The favorite to be her partner is Marc Malusis, whom she is working with this week. The duo had a show together on CBS Sports Radio before Gray was promoted to FAN as part of the initial trio following Francesa’s faux retirement.

John Jastremski, who does overnights, has been the other candidate to team with Gray on middays.

Benigno is represented by agent Mark Lepselter, who has had a big hand in the reshaping of FAN post-Francesa. Lepselter forced FAN to drop their non-guaranteed contract to Gregg Giannotti, whose morning show with Boomer Esiason is No. 1 in the ratings. Gio got what he deserved after Entercom tried to lowball him.

Lepselter also found Scott an escape hatch from FAN, which treated him and his partners, Gray and Chris Carlin, poorly in the wake of Francesa stomping back onto the scene during the spring of 2018. First, Entercom demoted CMB to 1-3 p.m., then it fired Carlin.

FAN planned to find a new third member to add to Gray and Scott to replace Francesa again. But while Francesa took the company’s attention over the last 18 months, Scott, a prideful former Pro Bowl linebacker, was left to wait.

Lepselter found Scott, who was a member of CBS’ “NFL Today” at one point, a chance to get on TV in a regular role with ESPN’s “Get Up!” and continue on radio. Scott will co-host a 1-3 p.m. show with Alan Hahn on 98.7 FM. Oddly, Scott has remained on the FAN’s air, even as his intent on leaving for ESPN has been known for a month.

As The Post has previously reported, Entercom will attempt to hold up the exact start date for Scott’s new radio show on ESPN New York next year as one more parting gift to Scott for his two years at the FAN.

It is an odd turn of events as Entercom desperately wanted to keep Scott, but miscalculated his pride and his desire to be on TV more. After Scott already decided to join ESPN, Entercom tried to offer him more and more money. Scott refused to change his mind.

This has left Joe & Evan as the new choice to go up against the Kay Show. In an unusual scenario for 98.7, it will be the favorite. Unlike CMB, which came in as a raw show, Joe & Evan have a long history together.

They are not taking over a No. 1 time slot. And, while CMB had Joe & Evan as an established lead-in, the duo will likely have a new-to-FAN program of Maggie and Moose preceding. Francesa, ironically enough, was propped up by CMB’s numbers after he replaced them.

FAN still has stronger FM and AM signals than its rivals and it is still local all day and night, giving Joe & Evan a real chance to try to restore FAN’s afternoon to its former perch in the ratings. But Kay & company will go in as the incumbents.

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