A method performed by an access point, AP, of a wireless local area network, WLAN, for handling a wireless device connected to the AP, the method comprising: obtaining information on signal quality of signals sent between the AP and the wireless device; when the obtained information on signal quality reveals that the signal quality is below a signal quality threshold, determining a current value of a wireless device characteristic; sending, to a pre-emptive handover system, a request for information on likelihood of the wireless device disconnecting from the WLAN for the current value of the wireless device characteristic; receiving, from the pre-emptive handover system and in response to the request, an estimation of the likelihood of the wireless device disconnecting from the WLAN for the current value of the wireless device characteristic, wherein the likelihood was determined from statistical information of earlier handling of the wireless device by the AP for different values of the wireless device characteristics, wherein the AP had sent to the pre-emptive handover system, at each of a plurality of occasions, a value of a wireless device characteristic for the wireless device together with WLAN connection characteristics indicating whether the WLAN connection of the wireless device was lost or kept in connection with the value of the wireless device characteristic; and when the received estimation of likelihood is above a likelihood threshold, anticipating WLAN regular procedures for a faster handover process of the wireless device connection from the AP to a network node of a cellular communication network, wherein the anticipating of WLAN procedures for a handover process of the wireless device connection from the AP to the cellular network node comprises stopping sending acknowledgement messages to the wireless device, sending a message to the wireless device instructing the wireless device to handover to the cellular communication network or avoiding moving the wireless device from a first WLAN radio frequency to a second WLAN radio frequency that is different from the first WLAN radio frequency. obtaining information on signal quality of signals sent between the AP and the wireless device; when the obtained information on signal quality reveals that the signal quality is below a signal quality threshold, determining a current value of a wireless device characteristic; sending, to a pre-emptive handover system, a request for information on likelihood of the wireless device disconnecting from the WLAN for the current value of the wireless device characteristic; receiving, from the pre-emptive handover system and in response to the request, an estimation of the likelihood of the wireless device disconnecting from the WLAN for the current value of the wireless device characteristic, wherein the likelihood was determined from statistical information of earlier handling of the wireless device by the AP for different values of the wireless device characteristics, wherein the AP had sent to the pre-emptive handover system, at each of a plurality of occasions, a value of a wireless device characteristic for the wireless device together with WLAN connection characteristics indicating whether the WLAN connection of the wireless device was lost or kept in connection with the value of the wireless device characteristic; and when the received estimation of likelihood is above a likelihood threshold, anticipating WLAN regular procedures for a faster handover process of the wireless device connection from the AP to a network node of a cellular communication network, wherein the anticipating of WLAN procedures for a handover process of the wireless device connection from the AP to the cellular network node comprises stopping sending acknowledgement messages to the wireless device, sending a message to the wireless device instructing the wireless device to handover to the cellular communication network or avoiding moving the wireless device from a first WLAN radio frequency to a second WLAN radio frequency that is different from the first WLAN radio frequency.