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One of his brothers has a job offer to coach a team himself and the other is the video analyst. Both leaving Lens but not coming here

'Congratulations on an amazing season Romulo' 'Thanks boss - will I get my big move now?' 'Yes, congratulations on a great campaign and your Champions League offers for next season... but have you ever heard of Southampton? They're known as the second-worst Premier League team ever and they'll be playing in the second division in England. That's your prize' I think not. The player does have to actually want the move for the multi-club model to work - and why on earth would he want to come here ahead of his other options?

It was reported at the start of the week that Still and Saints had an agreement on his personal terms but the compensation negotiations had to be sorted between the clubs

Amorim's taken it well...

Guessing he will need to bring a GK coach, as presumably Dean Thornton will go and rejoin Russ at Leicester now

Russell Martin set to be appointed Leicester City manager

I think he might end up still being here when the season starts too. I suspect you probably could reach the £30m figure for THB, however I simply struggle to see which club is going to have Taylor Harwood-Bellis sufficiently high enough up their list of targets to go and do a deal as a priority. He's going to be a fringe player/nice to have rather than a must for anybody looking to add depth to their defence and they'll have other players in other positions that they need to go and spend their budget on first

Congrats, I think you got the full bingo card of lazy comments in that one - I couldn't give a rat's arse if he hasn't played professional football; Terry, Gerrard, Rooney had great careers and I wouldn't want any of them in charge - Players will judge him by the quality of his sessions, the advice he gives the team and how he handles them as people; I know players who have played for guys with amazing playing careers and they've turned round and said 'he couldn't coach for shit and his assistants had to do everything' - He didn't 'learn football management on a computer game' he went into analysis and coaching early and did his badges and worked his way up. He also played the Football Manager video games in his spare time. Maybe he even broadened some of his knowledge in the process. However, feel free to find me any bloke in their early 30s who loves football and hasn't played a football video game, be it FM, Pro Evo, FIFA... whatever. It's just a new generation of people arriving in their 30s and starting to get coaching jobs now - Ligue 1 getting called 'the level of the Championship' is really laughable. PSG, Lyon, Marseille, Monaco, Lille, Nice are equivalent to Champ clubs? I don't think so - He grew up in Belgium, yes, because his Dad moved his wife and kids for a job over there but has repeatedly said England is 'home' to him, he speaks native English and his entire family is English So yes, he has done quite well for a young English coach working overseas, it's not really up for debate. He hasn't stunned the footballing world with an outstanding achievement as yet, he hasn't won a trophy, but to belittle his career with lazy tropes is a bit boring and just suggests you're not paying attention

Why don't you do some reading/watching? I'm not seeing the word 'exceptional' flying around from the community on here, but it's not hard to understand why people are cautiously optimistic or open-minded to him being the next coach As a young English coach who has done well for himself overseas - more than once - while in one 'main' European top divisions, against superior opposition, in his late 20s / early 30s, his stock is rising and it's not hard to understand that people might be fine/optimistic with him as a hire for a second division side in England

Seeing a Saints manager get hunted by a PL club because he's done well enough to impress one would make a refreshing change, at this point

Sunderland offered him their job last summer and he turned it down

Jack Rosser's full report in The Sun: SOUTHAMPTON hope to appoint Will Still as their new manager this week. Saints have held extensive talks with the 32-year-old, who is leaving French club Lens and wants to be closer to family in England Still has agreed terms on a contract, and the south coast side hope he will be confirmed in time to attend their final Premier League game of the season. Saints, who were relegated in early April, host Arsenal on the final day of the season this weekend. The club also held talks with Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl. Rohl had been the No1 choice for some time, but wants to take more time to make a decision over his future. The German, a former assistant manager to Ralph Hasenhuttl at St. Mary's, has interest from his home country which could prove more attractive than a Championship job. Saints were reluctant to be left waiting and moved quickly to land Still, who has also managed Reims in Ligue 1 as well as Lierse and Beerschot in Belgium. Lens are not owed any compensation should Still leave, though the same cannot be said for his coaching staff, which include brothers Edward and Nicolas. Talks over compensation for his coaching staff are ongoing and remain the only sticking point before the appointment can be confirmed.

Well, yes. Pep Guardiola has a lot to answer for

Makes sense. I kind of assumed a formal announcement would likely happen on the Monday (or Tuesday) after the final game, but with him in the stands on Sunday to let everyone know what's happening

I liked the comment from WS that got a reading on TSP too ‘If we’re not winning games, I don’t care about styles of play, I don’t care about ‘my philosophy’ - I just want to win. I will change the team and change my tactics to win.'

https://twitter.com/JPercyTelegraph/status/1924752238733582350

The coaching staff are almost all out of contract, I think. I'm sure the Sheffield Star reported that, but may be getting wires crossed

Yeah, had failed at Benfica and Valencia. The discussion at the time was great name, bit of a coup for us but an undercurrent of concern that he hadn't been a profound success outside of the Eredivisie clubs he had managed. Pochettino had only managed one club and been sacked with them bottom of La Liga, etc etc.

Echo saying that the hope is to have the new manager (Will Still top pick, at this stage) in the stands for the Arsenal game

Saints hoping to have Will Still in the stands for this game, according to Echo

I understand the concerns about the amount of turnover/rebuilding but from a quick glance at Sheffield United's transfermarkt page, they brought in 17 players for this season and basically ripped it all up and started again and they haven't fared badly from it, clocking up 90pts I think someone said it on an earlier page but the difference between the haves and have nots in the Championship, financially, is pretty stark and as a parachute club in Y1 after relegation we should be on strong footing to get after it and be right in the race. But I do accept that yes, perhaps it will be that we are less fortunate than Sheff Utd. However, they did have a takeover, a change of leadership and a huge, huge overhaul of their playing squad and it was still going on into the late moments of the window because of those holdups. So it is very possible

Sounds a bit like Rohl is stalling to see if the Bundesliga musical chairs - Leverkusen, Leipzig, Wolfsburg jobs are open + whoever else might have a vacancy if they lose their coach to one of those three teams - gives him a chance to work back home, close to his family and in a top division If it's true that Johannes Spors wants to have plans in place by this time next week, which Alfie House says is the case, then perhaps we are getting restless and are now progressing with an alternative(s), hence the other names starting to pop up