Ronald Koeman has confirmed that he is not going to leave Saints even if the job of Holland International team manager is offered to him.
Speaking ahead of Saints home fixture against Sunderland, Koeman confirmed he had been interested in the job before he had joined Saints but that now his loyalty lay with Southampton.
"I was interested in that job, because when I left Feyenoord I was nominated to be the national coach, but the federation chose for Hiddink on that moment,” he said.
"But not now, now I am the coach and the manager of Southampton and they have to wait if they like me as the coach.”
Asked if that meant he was definitely staying for the rest of this season, Koeman said: "Yes. I hope for the whole contract. It’s football, but I don’t move. There is no chance to move now out of Southampton.”
The news that Saints fans want to hear, after the issues of the last few seasons the managers job at Saints has been on a revolving door basis and Saints fans have been used to either seeing managers fail or when they do well leaving for supposedly better things at the height of their success, not to mention as in the case of Alan Pardew sacked for no apparent reason.
What we need now is stability, hopefully Ronald Koeman will give us that and implement a focused plan over the next few years.