Southampton face nightmare scenario of losing Cortese

Another guess could be that Cortese has tried to buy the club with new owners, but the trust has refused......it's all guess work. Thats what Sky are doing anyway

 

It's come across the SSN toolbar that he'll leave in the near future.

 

Typical..! I get a stream on Sky Sports News and not a jot about us.

 

If it is just brinksmanship, I'll still be pissed off with him. Can't imagine Frau Liebherr putting up with his **** for too long, either.

 

Unless it's brinkmanship for them to sell?

 

They did once have a breaking yellow toolbar of us appointing Paul Hart as manager, though. And an article of us finalising a deal for Elliot Ward.

 

That's what I'm thinking. Putting my deerstalker on, a negotiating ploy is the only scenario that makes real sense right now. This isn't a man that strikes me as likely to get homesick or emotional midway through a project.

 

I'm with you on this. I'm very confident it is brinkmanship.

However, it does concern me that Nicola keeps taking on the trustee of a billionaire's estate, especially an estate that holds the keys to the club.

 

yeah that was a cruel trick to play on him.

 

At least if we get another Tan type chairman we already play in red...

 

Yeah, it is beginning to feel a bit unoriginal. You can only cry wolf so many times..

 

I know Cortese is the reason MP came here, but if MP leaves too that is unfair on the players and all the staff. At least wait until the end of the season.

 

Mail reporting/guessing a big bust up with Liebherr family.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2539563/Nicola-Cortese-close-quitting-Southampton-bust-owner-Katharina-Liebharr.html

 

Bingo.

 

Maybe Cortese thinks the Liebherr's aren't ambitous enough? So wants them to sell up to some one who is?

 

Oh look who it is... Neil Ashton.

That'll be the Neil Ashton who was flown out to preseason with Jim White of... Oh, SSN.

The Neil Ashton whose has exclusives off the club, spoken of our ambition, interviewed Cortese... Given us positive press.

 

I hope that's nail on head.

 

This is the clearest take on activities I've seen: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...nificant-doubt-for-second-time-in-a-year.html

Sorry to say this Pepys, but it's written by Jeremy Wilson, who doesn't try reactionary stuff. Get ready for the bumpy ride.

 

Neil Ashton... I'm sure DTLW can confirm, but wasn't he one of the ones involved in the big brinksmanship game in the summer?

EDIT: Yup, thought so.