Koeman set for improved deal at Southampton

Never thought he'd leave the saints for us anyway.

One down, focus back on FdB.

If I had to put a tenner on someone, I'm going Pellegrini.

I'm going for Moyes sadly. :(

Everything seems to be pointing to him.

Denis,
It's probably 3 down as Favre is going to Nice, Koeman and Emery look like staying where they are.

Let's give De Boer a crack.

Shocking Jay.

Gordon @3
Before you ask matron to bring your revolver, set one less place for supper and "take one last fond stroll through the woods".

Vote NO!
On the Echo poll, it does help (a little) believe me.

Pellegrini or FDB for me. I'd prefer someone who really wants to manage us.

Thanks Tony for the much needed advice. Lol. If you didn't laugh, you would cry.

Colin, you do realise that "someone who really wants to manage us" most likely includes "the Ginger Nosferatu"?

As they say, be careful what you wish for.......

£2.5m?! Moyes was on more than that over a decade ago, hardly a bumper new contract.

Now that Koeman's out of the running, I think Everton will go for Pellegrini, a manager with experience in the Premier League and won't cost us a penny to sign. Not my choice but our options are thinning out. We need to act quickly.

I read somewhere that it will be £5m. That number I can believe to be able to stop us. £2.5m seems low judging from salary rankings published.

Looks like it will be FdB; I would be surprised if they went for Pellegrini, or could we have a co-manager situation when they can't decide? Underwhelming 2 days after we're linked to Emery. Still, can no news be good news?

No contact with Fdb. New contract for Ronnie. Emery happy where he is. Pellegrini flunked the interview. Moyes pulls out from Villa job and has been 'approached'....

Never thought we'd get Koeman or Mourinho, or Simeone as some dreamers hoped for!

Emery, De Boer or Pellegrini. Or someone class who's flown under the radar (like Mancini).

Tony, I've got the garlic and the wooden stakes ready if necessary.

I must admit I'm finding all this manager speculation rather exciting and I hope he's named this week. Good on the club for being so hermetic and not turning this into a circus. Being professional for a change.

I am not going to consider this dead in the water until I hear confirmation that he has actually signed this mega contract.

Koeman and Emery not looking likely. So what's left. De Boer or Mancini would be the top choices.

There's a deafening silence from the club though.

Several papers saying Koeman's about to sign extension for Saints. I wonder who briefed them? His new agent perhaps. If so, the game's not quiet over yet.

If Moshiri really is keen he'll make one last big offer. Seems though that RM isn't all that keen on EFC and might only be persuaded with £££.

I was wondering... why no one mentioned the name of Rudi García?

For me it has always been Emery first, followed closely by de Boer with Koeman some way behind. It still is. Not even worth mentioning Moyes as Kenwright no longer in charge. As to "deafening silence" from EFC Board, no other club that I know of gives a public running commentary on search for a new manager - why should we be any different?

Silence from the club is exactly how it should be till the new manager is announced.

Whilst I'm not advocating a rushed decision, the future of some of our stars are in the balance with many players wanting to sort their future before the Euros.

I haven't a bloody clue who I want now, after reading various articles on here & other internet forae.

De Boer seemed a great choice although there was a well balanced post on here by a Dutch blue who's name escapes me. Still think I'd be fairly comfortable with him.

Pellegrini - given his age, past achievments, I do wonder how much hunger & ambition he has. He seems too laid back to me.

Moyes - a massive NO from me. The way he left us & his antics afterwards were disgraceful. It would also show a lack of ambition from the board & a feeling of "Oh well, he's the only one availabe", should he be appointed.

As for other candidates, I'm not a big watcher of foreign footy so don't feel qualified to comment. Any league winning manager must be a decent shout though. Cup winners, not so much.....look what happened with the last one.

I'm hoping the threat of Moyes' return is out there merely to ensure we're relieved to get whoever else is eventually appointed!

Slightly off topic but have just read the finalised details of sh*te's high profile and lucrative pre-season schedule. If we don't install our new manager and sort ours quickly we'll be stuck with the usual games against the likes of Tranmere and Wrexham with late add-ons such as Paderborn.

It's looking more and more like Pellegrini now - going by the headlines coming through about Koeman, Emery, Favre etc.

No news of any contact with de Boer....they'll move now for Pellegrini - I'd nearly put money on it now!!!

If this is true, I really admire Koeman for committing to Southampton.
I know there will be cynics who will just say that he is waiting for a bigger job than EFC to come along but he didn't need to sign a new contract.

He could have advised Southampton that he was not going to stay past the final year of his contract instead, but he has protected the club in my opinion by making sure that they would receive a fee should he decide to move on in the foreseeable future.

He is a fine manager and would seem to have some class as well.

Fair play to Ronnie, if he has used our interest in him to get a few more quid in his arse bin, then good on him.

I'm still hoping we pull a rabbit out of the hat and get Bielsa, I would love to see where El Loco could take us, even if his stay was a short one!

Barring him, then I would give FdB a go as his brother/agent seems keen on us!

Please just not a boring, predictable hiring of anyone of: Moyes, Hughes, Howe... AN Other. Imagine one of those names leading us against the current hotbed of NW football teams led by Jose, Pep & Klopp!

Not bothered about Koeman, as it make sense for him to oversee what he has built at Southampton, why walk away now. FdB appears to have a higher profile than Koeman if you take the Dutch corresponders into account.

As for Pellegrini, you cant knock what he did at Villareal or Malaga, and there is an assumption that he did not have full control of signings at City, knowing that he was going did not help either.

Maybe the board will go with Pellegrini, and with his experience in the Prem plus his contacts abroad, he maybe very savvy in the transfer market, with him having control over signings.

Dennis (13), it's £2.5m over two years which is a £5m deal in total.