Pamplemousse

They've got revenue from winning the Premier League and now playing in the Champions League! To develop our squad we have to sell our top players and reinvest it. Yes, we'd like to have a settled squad but we finished in 6th place, so it can't be all bad news.

I saw it and knew he was on the wind up I'm glad you took the bait of my previous post

Maybe there are bonuses and other formalities that need sorting out with a manager who, technically speaking, is still under contract. This could reasonably explain the delay until after July 1st. I'd be surprised if Man City would bother obstructing, even if legally they were entitled to some sort of compensation. Perhaps this is the reason why Saints prefer out of contract managers!

The point is that the Echo article explicitly states that we haven't offered a contract to anyone.

That puts to bed the idea that Mr Schitt is ITK

Hopefully a full pre season behind him and a run of games with plenty of goals will give J Rod the confidence to get back to his best form.

We don't need the ITKs Billy and Guan to tell us that we are not going for Klinsmann.

Bedwetting or spunking over Klinsmann?

Some Claude Puel news... http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Licenciement-de-claude-puel-la-cour-de-cassation-donne-raison-a-l-ol/698140 Traduction/Translation Olympique Lyonnais will not have to pay 6,977,574 euros claimed by Claude Puel, who the club had dismissed in June 2011 for "serious misconduct". The club said on Wednesday in a statement that "the Supreme Court rejected all the arguments put forward by Mr. Claude Puel, confirming definitively the judgment of 10 February 2015 by the Court of Appeal of Lyon which confirmed itself the judgment of the Council of Lyons Industrial Tribunal of 27 March 2014".

Meltdown time

No trousers, you're just jealous that you're not ITK. Do not dare question the legitimacy of Mr Schitt. *winky thing*

Yes

I was wondering about that, wouldn't we have to ask for City's permission first of all? Highly unlikely though that there would be any problems, if there were we could just wait until July 1st.

I believe it is all Jack Schitt. A conspiracy theorist might suggest that it is all an effort to drive traffic towards this Sotonians website (I had never heard of it before!) If any of our ITKs wish to confirm that Jack is indeed not making this all up, then please feel free and prove me wrong.

Hilarious. They've been given midweek trips away to Morecambe and Blackpool and a Boxing Day clash in Wales!

No jealousy from me, just mildly amusing to see everyone fall for it like mugs.

Let's wait for the real ITKs to come onto the scene first

Further to my post, if you look back at his original 'ITK' post, he says he bumped into this contact whilst out shopping but very rarely sees him. So now we're supposed to believe that they're in contact now as if they're best buddies?

Oh come on, look at Jack Schitt's post. I've read it and it basically says: if it's not Pellegrini we will appoint Puel. So if either one gets appointed, he'll turn round and say 'told you so, I was right'. He is definitely on the wind up.

Sunday 7th August at 3pm

http://www.itv.com/euro2016/fomenko-to-quit-ukraine-after-euro-2016 A Euro 2016 manager has just resigned...

I think he already does do commentary on BT Sport

Where's K Billy when we need him

Chris Coleman

Google translate isn't 100% accurate... Whilst Unai Emery is close to joining PSG, Laurent Blanc's situation has still not been resolved. A detail that apparently has annoyed the Spanish manager. According to the Cadena Ser, the former Sevilla manager is apparently ready to return to Andalusia if the Frenchman is not quickly sacked. He apparently has another proposal from an English club available. Nevertheless, one imagines that the Qatari owners will not delay in making the change of manager official. I reckon it's the agent trying to get PSG to hurry up.