Inverness director of football Graeme Bennett expects the Highland club to appoint their new manager on Sunday and make the decision public on Monday.

It is expected that Craig Brewster, who scored twice for Aberdeen in their 3-3 draw at Hibernian, will be the next Inverness boss and Bennett admitted there would be "no surprises" regarding the new manager's identity.

A 3-0 defeat to Dundee United in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League left Inverness without a point after four matches of their season.

Donald Park, who served as assistant to Charlie Christie before the former Inverness head coach resigned on Monday, took charge of the team for the visit of United.

However, he could not prevent Caley Thistle conceding three second-half goals - two Barry Robson penalties and Sean Dillon's fluke opener.

Bennett refused to disclose who the new incumbent at the Caledonian Stadium will be, preferring instead to wait until the start of the week.

He said: "I can confirm that there will be an announcement on Monday.

"I am not going to name names at this time and there are people who we have spoken to who are still contracted to other clubs.

"Hopefully on Sunday morning everything will be resolved though and we will have a contract in place."

Bennett stated that former Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock, who was the preferred choice of many supporters for the post, had been spoken to by Inverness.

He also revealed that Warnock had apologised for any problems his name being linked with the job had caused.

Bennett explained: "There are guys from down south who have been linked quite heavily with the job who hadn't tried to cause any trouble, but it grew arms and legs to such a state that he [Warnock] was top of a poll on a local website and it became way out of hand.

"We have spoken to him twice and I saw in an article that he apologised for any hassle he has caused and we apologise to him as well.

"We have spoken to a few individuals, but we are happy with our decision, which is a unanimous one."

Bennett was also satisfied to have Park in charge for the clash with United.

He said: "I don't think with all this going on it was fair on Donald Park and the rest of the players to take someone in yesterday."

Park will feature in the new regime though and Christie - who is currently on holiday in Rome - is set to be handed a new role, either in the commercial or youth and community departments.

United manager Craig Levein was delighted to watch his side recover from a poor start to record an ultimately comfortable victory.

Dillon's cross, which deceived Inverness goalkeeper Michael Fraser as Robson tried to get on the end of it, broke the deadlock two minutes after the restart.

Then Stuart McCaffrey hauled down Mark Kerr and Grant Munro fouled Lee Wilkie, allowing Robson to score twice from the spot - much to Levein's relief.

He said: "We were so far behind Inverness at half-time it was unbelievable and we were lucky the score was 0-0.

"In the second half we were miles better though and that is why we won the game."

Due to a shortage of strikers Levein was forced to play defender Lee Wilkie up front, but the United boss could sign two new forwards before the start of the week.

He said: "I am hoping to hear something tomorrow and I have two players who I want to bring in.

"One is a younger lad and the other is a more experienced player.

"I have got the agreement of one of the clubs to bring the young player in and I am hoping there will be more news on that tomorrow, or Monday at the latest."