| Will Still Set For Return To Football Management 08:55 - May 6 with 770 views | SaintsNews |
 Will Still Set For Return To Football Management 6th May 2026 08:51This time last year Will Still was a highly rated up & coming young manager who was being linked with the Southampton job & would be appointed before the disastrous 2024/25 season was over, 4 months later his reputation was in tatters, but now it seems he is about to make a comeback.  1
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| Will Still Set For Return To Football Management on 09:07 - May 6 with 725 views | saintmark1976 |
Wrong man at the wrong time, can’t blame the fella for trying.
Personally I wish him well and more importantly I suspect so do Southampton F C In that I suspect a return to full time employment for him will end his contract termination compensation payments. | |
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| Will Still Set For Return To Football Management on 09:17 - May 6 with 697 views | SaintNick |
| Will Still Set For Return To Football Management on 09:07 - May 6 by saintmark1976 |
Wrong man at the wrong time, can’t blame the fella for trying.
Personally I wish him well and more importantly I suspect so do Southampton F C In that I suspect a return to full time employment for him will end his contract termination compensation payments. |
Given the number of jobs he has been linked with I would suspect that he came to a deal with the club soon after he left.
Most managers sort out severance packages quickly, otherwise they risk being held to ransom by their ex club if they are offered a new job elsewhere |  |
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| Will Still Set For Return To Football Management on 10:16 - May 6 with 597 views | Ifonly |
| Will Still Set For Return To Football Management on 09:17 - May 6 by SaintNick |
Given the number of jobs he has been linked with I would suspect that he came to a deal with the club soon after he left.
Most managers sort out severance packages quickly, otherwise they risk being held to ransom by their ex club if they are offered a new job elsewhere |
How can the ex club hold them to ransom? Tell them they must keep being paid for doing nothing... or else? Doesn't make sense. For the ex club it's just a matter of the cheapest way to get them off the books.
Managers in their 30s will want to get a job elsewhere so keeping them on gardening leave is the cheapest option, unless the manager will settle for maybe 6 months or a years wages. Hopefully that is what Saints have done with all their recent "permanent" mangers. Paying off the whole contract would be stupid. | | | |
| Will Still Set For Return To Football Management on 10:38 - May 6 with 571 views | SaintNick |
| Will Still Set For Return To Football Management on 10:16 - May 6 by Ifonly |
How can the ex club hold them to ransom? Tell them they must keep being paid for doing nothing... or else? Doesn't make sense. For the ex club it's just a matter of the cheapest way to get them off the books.
Managers in their 30s will want to get a job elsewhere so keeping them on gardening leave is the cheapest option, unless the manager will settle for maybe 6 months or a years wages. Hopefully that is what Saints have done with all their recent "permanent" mangers. Paying off the whole contract would be stupid. |
If a manager does a deal early then he is free to join another club, if he sits it out and takes the full pay, then if another club comes in, his former club can sit tight and refuse to pay anything to him if he wants to take the new offer.
Indeed they could also demand compensation from his new employers, in short they can make it difficult for him to iron out a new deal for a new job and if relationships are strained, they could refuse to cancel his contract.
Usually taking the severance pay would be far better for a manager than potentially having to walk away with nothing if he sits on gardening leave.
No one gets their full contract paid up, a deal is ironed out based on the situation and time left on the contract, managers want to be freed up to move elsewhere | |
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| Will Still Set For Return To Football Management on 11:32 - May 6 with 519 views | Ifonly |
| Will Still Set For Return To Football Management on 10:38 - May 6 by SaintNick |
If a manager does a deal early then he is free to join another club, if he sits it out and takes the full pay, then if another club comes in, his former club can sit tight and refuse to pay anything to him if he wants to take the new offer.
Indeed they could also demand compensation from his new employers, in short they can make it difficult for him to iron out a new deal for a new job and if relationships are strained, they could refuse to cancel his contract.
Usually taking the severance pay would be far better for a manager than potentially having to walk away with nothing if he sits on gardening leave.
No one gets their full contract paid up, a deal is ironed out based on the situation and time left on the contract, managers want to be freed up to move elsewhere |
"his former club can sit tight and refuse to pay anything to him if he wants to take the new offer."
No they can't. They must keep paying him his wages until he leaves. Just because somebody gets a job offer it doesn't mean that his current employer can stop paying him. The only thing the club can do is hold him to his contract and keep him on the books, but why would they want to do that? Why pay for nothing?
Also, whether the ex manager is still employed or not makes no difference to his ability to look for a new job or receive offers. The only difference is that, if he's still employed, he can't enter into talks with the new club without his old club's permission, but why would they want to deny him that? They just want him off the books at the lowest cost. | | | |
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