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Neil Ashton from the Mail, who partly broke the story says Poch will quit after the game on Saturday.

Neil Ashton from the Mail says Pochettino will quit after Saturday's game.

If MP does the press conf tomorrow then it will be uncomfortable for him, just like the first one when he joined. Will be able to tell from that if he has any intention of staying.

Letting Lambert go and replacing with Sharp wouldn't be a great start haha.

If he did go we would certainly need to bring in a striker.

Exactly. For once we were making a good go of showing ambition and building. Now we will revert back to what we otherwise were. Not so fun.

Hello. New Chairman is K. Liebherr who will appoint Chief Exec. She could surely sanction the sale of a player tomorrow if a good enough opportunity came. Besides, many players will be onto their agents to see what is available to them now.

Might as well have a thread for the stories that are bound to come up in the next few days. Mail reporting West Ham discussing terms with Lambert after being encouraged by today's events. Collymore saying he has heard Utd will come in for Shaw and Lallana due to uncertainty at Saints. Shaw's family have made their position clear enough re NC exit. Collymore: Several agents will now look to either get their players in or out of Saints, as Cortese for now leaves a vacuum. Clubs will hover. A fact.

He will.

West Ham back in negotiations for Lambert.

If Chelsea offer 15m for Shaw tomorrow why would she say no? Effectively until new CEO she makes ALL the decisions...a worry if she isn't in it for the longer term.

No real reason for Liebherr to turn down decent offers for our players now.

Times Sports Editor Tony Evans: Southampton thing been rumbling for a long time. They've made a bad mistake. Liebherr only interested in selling club. Whoever gets Cortese will be making a shrewd move. Very, very sharp. A class act

Sad day. Some of the players will be so ****ed off by this. Shaw's Dad inviting offers already...downhill from here. Wording of the statement is obviously bull****. Just lost the driving force of the club.

He won't be the only one despite people saying here that it won't make a difference.

Players will be so ****ed off if Poch goes. At least we have 30 points...

Solent: NC gone

Other interesting point is IF he has been working notice for a time then presumably MP knew this?

I just think people bury their heads in the sand and forget what a top job he has done. We could now be sold to anyone and what's been superbly crafted over the last 5 years will be gone. It's such a shame.

You are weird.

He will resign if NC does.

Of course it doesn't, she wants to sell the club.

Can't see at all how it will get any better than it has been?

Poch will clearly go. Imagine some bids will come in next week for some of our players too.

Bad, bad day for Saints and could get worse.