Such is the arrogance of the football media in this day and age when many journalists are virtually on the pay roll of certain football clubs, I had to laugh at this one for its absurdity.

The media in this day and age in very different from than of the past, even of ten years ago, nowadays individual journalists are courted by football clubs, their Chairmen and their managers and for reasons best known to themselves are happy to use their columns in newspapers to get out the message to the footballing world that that club/chairman/manager wants them to. Add players and agents to that list who have their favoured journo's and you have a media these days that is more PR machine than a purveyor of actual fact.

That is why I find the latest article on Chelsea in the publication Metro quoting the Daily Telegraph not only laughable but arrogant in that it is suggesting that a manager in a job would rush to Stamford Bridge just for the chance to manage there for a few months.

The Metro is reporting that Chelsea who are on the verge of parting company with Jose Mourinho still have the likes of Pep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti & Fabio Capello as their preferred choice as permanent manager.

However as these candidates are not ikely to leave their clubs mid season, or want to join the car crash that is Cheslea at the moment for that matter, they are looking to Ronald Koeman to take the job on a temporary basis to the end of the season.

This is arrogance on a large scale and an insult to Ronald Koeman who they are suggesting would want to abandon permanent employment just for the chance to manage Chelsea for 5 months.

This is an assumption that every man is driven by money and that Chelsea can buy who they want and when they want for however long they want and that is probably what annoys me most about this.

As I say these days the national media is manipulate by the so called big clubs to do their bidding and this is the type of story that could not be made up, someone within Chelsea is using a media contact to test the water, not just with Saints, but with regard to the actual sacking of Mourinho and to alert potential replacements of what the situation is likely to be, it is almost an invite to managers to apply for Mourinho's job before they have sacked him and saying that his position could be available on a permanent or temporary basis.

In job advertisment terms it is saying " The temporary job could suit someone out of work at present or with a lesser club who could be brushed aside easily, who puts money before personal reputation."

I think that Chelsea will find that Ronald Koeman is made of better stuff than that, of course any manager of his calibre would normally be interested in a job at a club the size of Chelsea, but probably not so interested at one with the morals and ethics as they have shown in the past and certainly not in a temporary role.

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SanMarco added 10:55 - Dec 16 I have a sneaky feeling that Koeman may leave in the summer (in protest at the annual sales) but of course this 'rumour' is nonsense. These people simply sit in the pub and suggest names/scenarios to each other and then print them as 'rumours'. Koeman will know where he wants to go next and I would be very, very surprised if it was to Chelski...
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SaintNick added 11:54 - Dec 16 Im surprised that some think we have an "annual sales" Ronald koeman is an experienced football managers, he knows the situation with regard to players and their contracts, he would have known that Saints had no choice with Clyne, the player would not sign a new contract and so it was best to get money in now for a replacement rather than see him leave next year on a free transfer, Koeman knew the situation with Schneiderlin, he knows from Feyenoord that you improve a club by selling big and getting replacements just as good for less. The reality will be that if Saints keep on getting top ten places then our players will be coveted from elsewhere. We can avoid annual sales easily by fighting relegation battles and finishing 14th, no one was chasing Lallana, Schneiderlin, Clyne etc in the summer of 2013

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ericofarabia added 12:42 - Dec 16 Maybe the thread title should have a "...... so far"!!! added to it. Pretty sure there will more crackers to come!!
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bstokesaint added 13:10 - Dec 16 I don't think even if it was true, and I don't for a nanosecond believe that to be the case, that Ron would want to be seen in the same light Sven GE!! Besides the honeymoon period is over at Southampton and people are questionning some of his tactics. He's got something to prove right now and until he shows consistency at a good level with a "lesser club" he's unlikely to become a favourite for the coveted Dutch or Barca jobs.

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Jesus_02 added 14:20 - Dec 16 Unrelated maybe, but I simply don't believe this statement "Saints had no choice with Clyne, the player would not sign a new contract and so it was best to get money in now for a replacement rather than see him leave next year on a free transfer" There is always a choice, and we underline the fact that we dont need the money if we had taken it . That strengthens our position for future sales. We didn't get 30m for Luke Shaw because everyone believed it was inevitable that he would leave! We

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SanMarco added 15:35 - Dec 16 We do have annual sales Nick, I am not saying it is wholly, or even mainly, the fault of the club but we do have them and will again in the summer. I strongly suspect Koeman is getting fed up with it and bstoke's point about him falling down the managerial ratings is an interesting one. Also I think Jesus' point gets right to the heart of it. Sooner or later (maybe with Victor??) we will have to let one of these contracts run down. In that last year the player would need to play as well as possible in order to secure the best possible club for himself. Say we did it with Victor and he had a bad final season he might find himself at Norwich rather than Arsenal. I know people will say what about the transfer fee but in the long term to progress we have to establish ourselves as a side that can KEEP players and after all the Osvaldo fiasco had us losing money with no gain whatsoever...

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IWOZTHERE added 15:59 - Dec 16 Can't see that happening but next Summer who knows? I doubt if he's that happy at the moment because too many things have gone against us, although he's been a party to some of them. Including TA we lost three top players. Two have not been replaced adequately, VW probably wants away and his form has suffered. Partly due to the Euro-nuisance, we have increased squad numbers. We've been unlucky with injuries and have been forced to play the back-ups and (together with Clasie), they have shown they are not yet 'up to it'. I exclude the promising Romeu, but in the absence of Clasie, he now plays instead of 25m Schneiderlin ? Do you still say we've got a better team than last season? RK just hasn't got good enough players in the right positions and although I and others have criticised his selections, l sympathise. His biggest dilemma must be whether to look for another attacking midfielder as he clearly had a lot of faith in Clasie. I know a lot has not gone according to plan but I don't think the expectation of a modest improvement in the quality of the squad was unreasonable. It would have been a lot easier to attract good players having finished the season 'on the up' than it will be if this slide continues..

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IWOZTHERE added 10:45 - Dec 17 San Marco, Excellent point about 'fronting up' and letting , say VW, run down his contract. Very expensive method but what a way to 'stand up' and say we won't be bullied and to demonstrate ambition.to current players and potential signings. It would go a long way to breaking this vicious cycle and help our status no end. I almost persuaded myself then, but losing 15m+, just ain't on. The Board could get another 'job lot' of cheap players for that !!!

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SaintBrock added 18:55 - Dec 17 Koeman is not exactly tearing up the grass here so why would Chelsea even think about him?
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leighsaint added 19:19 - Dec 17 I don't know what has gone wrong at St Mary's but at present it doesn't look very good. Whether it's because we are not as fit as before or its tactics, Saints look a disjointed team at present. They do not seem to have that togetherness of past seasons and it's showing in their play.
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leighsaint added 19:19 - Dec 17 I don't know what has gone wrong at St Mary's but at present it doesn't look very good. Whether it's because we are not as fit as before or its tactics, Saints look a disjointed team at present. They do not seem to have that togetherness of past seasons and it's showing in their play.
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