Ronald Koeman's agent has said that he would be interested in what Saints would have to offer should the club wish to approach him.
Speaking to the Daily Echo the Dutchman's agent Guido Albers confirmed that although no approach has been made to Koeman who is about to leave his job in charge of Feyenoord after three seasons in the hot seat, that he would be keen to speak to the club should they make contact.
"We haven’t been approached by anybody, but he would like to work in the Premier League,” said Albers.
"From Ronald’s point of view, it would be amazing. I think it would be a very good success for the club, but also for the Premier League to get a coach like him.
"He is very technical, and very offensive. His team makes goals. They scored more than any other team in Holland this season.”
Koeman would tick many boxes in the fact that he would be a high profile name to appease the Saints supporters in the fact that he has managed all of Holland's big three of Ajax, PSV & Feyenoord but also in Spain and Portugal as well as starting his career in coaching as an assistant manager at Barcelona as well as the Dutch International squad.
He has won the Dutch championship with both Ajax & PSV, at Feyenoord he has not added any honours to the cabinet, although it should be stressed that his time there has coincided with an upsurge in fortunes for Ajax and his three seasons in charge has seen Feyenoord finish 2nd and 3rd before another runners up spot last season, a marked improvement on the 8th spot they had achieved the year before he arrived at the club, perhaps this is a good omen given that Saints achieved that very position this term.
Certainly Koeman would seem a good fit for Saints, schooled in the type of football Saints have played of late he would certainly play the game in the way we would want to see, he has the experience combined with actually winning trophies both as a player and manager, this would also clearly be a "name" appointment rather than chancing an up and coming coach.
The odds on Koeman shortened a little today and he leapfrogged Murat Yakin although it should also be noted that Michael Laudrup is sneaking up on the inside rails.