The long-running saga of Bradley Wiggins' future on the road could be decided by the end of the week, with Team Sky poised to complete their line-up for the 2010 season.

Two-time Olympic individual pursuit champion Wiggins, who equalled the best Tour de France finish by a Briton with fourth place in July, has been continually linked with a move to the squad, who are backed by broadcasting giant BSkyB.

However, the 29-year-old is under contract with Garmin-Slipstream for the forthcoming season and has remained quiet on the subject.

With British Cycling performance director Dave Brailsford the team principal at Sky, links with a move for Wiggins - a spectator at the weekend's Track World Cup meeting in Manchester - have been continuous.

Team Sky have signed 19 riders, including six Britons - Geraint Thomas, Steve Cummings, Peter Kennaugh, Russell Downing, Chris Froome and Ian Stannard - with the line-up set to be finalised by the end of the week.

"All is in place and we're very excited, raring to go," Brailsford said.

"We're all nearly done now, all looking good."

The completion of paperwork is all that remains before the names of the remaining five or six riders are revealed in the next week to 10 days.

But as yet a genuine overall contender for one of the Grand Tours - of France, Italy or Spain - is missing.

Asked whether a household name can be expected, Brailsford replied: "You'll find that out when they're revealed.

"They're all big names in Team Sky."

Brailsford is confident the team, who will launch at January's Tour Down Under in Australia, will be competitive.

"We've got a team that's assembled the best we can," he said.