Suggests they are alarmed by the amount of money being laid on our Rudi...#cough# I mean Rudi Garcia. Probably lots of bets laid by Saints fans in the last hour or two...are we on a winner or is it lemmings over a cliff.
Some bookies suspending betting already? This could actually be happening. Would be quite a coup too! Edit: Still 2/1 elsewhere so could be down to Saints fans betting like Fran said.
It means they won't take anymore new bets involving that certain scenario. In this case, all signs pointing to Garcia to saints being a done deal.
This will be the Roma side with the best defensive record in Europe. Narrowly ahead of Saints. Sounds like a good fit to me.
Three-time French Manager of the Year in 2011, 2013 and 2014 and won the French title and French Cup with Lille before getting the Roma job. Started off in the lower league with Corbeil, saved them from relegation and then moved on to Saint-Etienne as a physio after a spell with Ilê-de-France. He then progressed to become scout, chief opposition scout and then assistant coach, before taking over as manager with the club headed for relegation. This time he didn't turn it around and he left. He then became Dijon manager and got them promoted from the third tier to the second tier and took them to the semi-final of the French Cup. Next up was Le Mans, where he took them to a 9th placed finish in Ligue 1 and a semi-final appearance in the French League Cup. After his success with Le Mans, he moved to Lille in 2008, replacing Claude Puel who was criticising for boring football. Garcia turned them into an attractive attacking side, bringing through and improving Obraniak, Michel Bastos and a young Eden Hazard. He took them to their best league finish in four seasons and qualified for the Europa League. He was sacked after a row with a board member, but after the board member himself was sacked soon after, Garcia was offered his old job back just 16 days after his sacking and he accepted and returned to the role of Lille manager. They then improved once again the next season, moving up to 4th and being the highest scorers in France, before beating PSG in the French Cup final the following season and lifting the league title to seal a league and cup double, Lille's first trophies since 1955. Left Lille to take over after Roma finished 6th and the club's fans were pretty much at war with the club. Finished second to Juventus in two full seasons in charge of Roma, where he built one of the two tightest defences in Europe. (the other being Saints under Pochettino...) He then got sacked after one win in seven league games in January. He has a strong reputation for being an advocate of adventurous attacking football and developing young talent, largely at odds with the general coaching approach of many French coaches. League finishes in top flight European leagues... Le Mans 07/08 - 9th in Ligue 1 Lille 08/09 - 5th in Ligue 1 09/10 - 4th in Ligue 1 10/11 - 1st in Ligue 1 11/12 - 3rd in Ligue 1 12/13 - 6th in Ligue 1 (when he left to take the Roma job...) AS Roma 13/14 - 2nd in Serie A 14/15 - 2nd in Serie A 15/16 - sacked by Roma in January after one win in seven
