Paulo Sousa set to be new Saints boss

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Bit of a journeyman. Been at 8 clubs in 6 countries and his longest stint is 2 and a half seasons. Though he had decent spells with basel, swansea and Fiorientina.

Dont know a thing about his style of play or philosophy.

Cant be any worse than Hughes mind -about as inspirational as my big toe.

Thats my summary!

Oh, and he once got sacked for divulging inside information regarding a transfer :)
 
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Le Tissier's Laces said:
Is this Matt Hughes putting two and two together and getting five, or is it real?
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Hard to say,there's not a lot of meat in there, it reads like his source is from Sousa's side though (which would make sense because he's not Jez Wilson).
 
Asked 3 hours ago for a price for him and now the papers are reporting it, will probably go in as favourite now
 
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Le Tissier's Laces said:
Managing in China. Suspect that’s the link.
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Almost certainly. Though point of order, he actually got fired in China, so our long streak of hiring unemployed managers will continue.

I'm pretty well fine with this; he's someone I mentioned a year back as a viable option (when we instead went for Pellegrino), after getting fired by Fiorentina, and his Basel side was competitive...that was the team that got out of a CL group with Real Madrid and Liverpool, taking 4 points off Liverpool in the process. Pretty sure others brought him up as well. He might leave next Thursday when his wanderlust hits, but his CV is about as good as a team in our position is likely to attract.
 
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End of the day we can’t really play any worse can we so let’s just ride the wave and if we fall off or get chomped on by a shark then so be it.
 
Happy if this is true. Sousa built the Swansea side that Rodgers always gets credit for getting promoted. Plays a pressing game. likes to have deep lying playmaker.

Fits "the Southampton Way" style of tactics IMO.
 
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SaintsFan86 said:
Just seen his record.. the thing that stands out for me is he doesn't seem to hang around anywhere too long. But not a bad record overall.
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His 2 years at Fiorentina seems like his best stint as manager. Maybe the club is looking for someone that will leave after a season and not need to be sacked
 
Can't see much of this anywhere else, oldest is two day old articles from places like tribalfootball and hitc.

How come the edit in the op, was there a link to article? Could someone who subscribes c+p the full article please.
 
I've put £20 on it anyway, (apparently, I get it back if I lose). Recently my yearly bet has been on the incoming saints manager. Puel, Pelligrini ... and Tuchel :emoticon-0140-rofl:
 
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