Saints are believed to be down to a list of four names for the vacant managers job with one preferred candidate.

Speaking to the Daily Echo Les Reed has confirmed that Saints are in the final stages of appointing a manager, all four names on the list were on an original hit list drawn up before Mauricio Pochettino left as the club drew up plans for that eventuality.

But one name is to the fore and that is Ronald Koeman, he is believed to be at an advanced stage in negotiation, however talks have been put on hold as he is on holiday and is due to return on Sunday.

The new man will need to appoint a new backroom team, over the past few years the club had persued a policy of having a constant back room staff with any new manager only appointing an assistant, however when Cortese brought in Pochettino the ex Espanyol boss was allowed to bring in his own men in the key positions and Saints are now paying the price in that all the first team coaching staff are now are at Spurs, meaning just the thing that Cortese set out to avoid he allowed to happen.

So Monday looks the design on day for the new man to be named and the smart money is on Saints going Dutch

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Zambucco added 08:24 - Jun 11 I've always thought it strange that any club allows the manager/coach to appoint his own team. For the stability of the club, I hope the board, resist the temptation and only allow the new manager/coach to only appoint an assistant. After all if they can pick a worthy replacement for Pocchetino, then I'm sure they can assemble worthy backroom staff, that will stay loyal to the Southampton Way

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Jesus_02 added 08:45 - Jun 11 As ever you are quite right Nick... Cortese is to blame for the mess we are in ;)
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ExiledSupporter added 10:24 - Jun 11 Problem is we don't have the backroom staff 'cos MP has them at Spurs, so presumably we are going to have to accept the new appointees' choice because we have no one else and we are trapped in the same loop as in the past. Would we have got compensation from Spurs for them clearing out 'our' first team staff, I wonder?
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IanRC added 11:48 - Jun 11 Did we get compensation for Pochettino ?
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SanMarco added 12:26 - Jun 11 MoPo only had one year left on his contract so I doubt the compensation was enormous. It is interesting that the strength of last season ie MoPo and his cosy little team all getting on well has now become a bit of a liability. Also NC's coining of the phrase 'five year plan' which seemed harmless at the time has now come back to bite us. The old Communist five year plans were rolling things so they never had an end date. With ours when the music stopped a fair few people seem to have decided it was time to get off...

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montecristo added 12:40 - Jun 11 they are taking far too long over this appointment the players are being unsettled by the speculation not to mention the fans, not happy.
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landsdownsaint added 13:13 - Jun 11 Rumour is Mancini !? Would be massive intentions if true
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SanMarco added 15:15 - Jun 11 Where's that come from landsdown? Lovely if it were true...
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Waylander added 15:34 - Jun 11 Doesn't exactly fit with what Les Reed said - that the preferred candidate had already been identified and interviewed.
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Satyuga added 16:57 - Jun 11 He has resigned today from Galatasary and bookies quote him at 3/1 to join Saints
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montecristo added 18:50 - Jun 11 in the meantime Lovren hands in transfer request on May 31st and still we dont have a manager will we have a team left
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A1079 added 22:50 - Jun 11 Agree with your first comment Montecristo. It is taking too long. So down to the last 4 - will they have a final and a 3rd and 4th placed play off and will the final 2 go down to penalties?
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Tigs added 13:38 - Jun 12 Koeman sounds good, Mancini sounds like paper talk. Please please please not Bruce !!!!
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Zambucco added 08:45 - Jun 14 "you signed Pocchetin, we signed Ronald Koeman Ronald Koeman Ronald Koeman" This is what it's like to be Tottenham, This is what it's like to be crap" Makes you wonder who has got the better deal. The unknown, Poccetino came in and inherited a very good squad, with a megolomaniac chairman. Did well and so he should have done! Koeman will come in with a sound board, still with a dream of Europe. A brilliant squad. Possibly lose a couple of wantaways, but what a mighty kitty he will have. Plus his contact list will be far superior to MP, and his reputation is huge, I shudder to think of the talent he could bring Every manger change we've had lately we've moved on to become bigger and stronger. This could be one of our best signings ever. I hope I'm correct

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