Before leaving the Red Bull Ring on Sunday, the four-time premier-class race winner confirmed that all should become clear by ne💝xt weekendꦺ’s Misano round.

“Yeah, I th꧑ink so,” Olive🐼ira confirmed. “Also because I asked [for] a week [to decide]…”

Misano is the home even꧒t for Aprilia, the manufacturer Oliveira has b𒀰een hotly tipped to join via a new satellite project with the RNF team.

But KTM has made a late renewed effort to retain the Portuguese star, who is losing his factory Red Bull seat to Jack Miller next season, in the form of a three-year deal to join Pol E✨spargaro at the newly rebranded ꧂GASGAS Tech3 team.

“I don't think that Miguel will race with us in 2023 because he signed a letter of intent at Aprilia," KTM CEO Stefan Pierer told Speedweek.com.

But Pierer also confirmed: “We [have] offered him a new three-year contract so that he would have stability and bui🍸ld the GASGAS project togetheཧr with Pol. The ball is in his hands."

"We'll get an answer by the end of this week,” added KTM board member Hubert Trunken💃polz, echoing the timeframe given by Oliveira on Sunday.

Oliveira previously declined the option of a Tech3 return but KTM hopes that repositioning the French team as the official GASGAS entry, combined with a long-term deal and access to the same factory R🐓C16s as the Red Bull riders can trump the RNF Aprilia offer of year-old machines.

A three-year deal would also make Oliveira thไe first MotoGP rider to s♓ign for the 2025 season.

Should Oliveira not accept the GASGAS offer, Moto2 race winner Augusto Fernandez is rumoured to be next in line, with current Tech3 rookie Remy Gar🔯dner admitting he faces an uncertain future.

Whatever happens, Gardner’s team-mate Raul Fernandez is set to take one of the RNF seats, after being released by KTM, althoug🔴h it is unclear who will get the other RS-GP if Oliveira now declines the offer.

Oꦯliveira, who took KTM’s only victory so far t🃏his season in the wet Mandalika round, is currently tenth in the world championship with a best dry finish of fifth this year.