Reiterating that Morgan won't be leaving. Says he and Jay Rod are centre pieces in moving forward. Earlier he said that Luke Shaw and the other sales leaving has given a space of oxygen for new academy players to grab on to
This coverage is an absolute joke, could the BBC come across as any more anti-Southampton. At least Talksport showed Ralph some respect and appreciated him fronting up, these guys have just laid in to him.
Yes. Quite crap really. One of the few times that the BBC has looked quite amateur in comparison to talkshite.
Ralph Krueger, speaking to BBC 5live on Tuesday the 5th of August: - At the time, with the information available to us, we believed it was best to keep the status quo - Mauricio then decided to move on and take a shortcut into Europe - With sports, you have to expect the unexpected - When we speak about players out, we must judge that based on players in - We now have a manager in Ronald Koeman who is in line with our strategy and philosophy - We also now have a manager who is in this for the long-term, to build something - The positive to take is that it gives Koeman a chance to build his own Saints side - I feel for the fans and I do apologise - But, we couldn't talk about all the details at the time (surrounding Pochettino etc.) - There's still a few weeks left in the transfer window - Hopefully the fans can be patient and see what we're going to do - My role here at Saints is to find the best possible people for executive management positions - The mechanics of major league sports is very familiar - However, the transfer market here is very 'interesting' and dynamic - We need to be successful and sustainable (BBC play clip of Cortese talking about 'how to win the Premier League' to Krueger) - I never met my predecessor, but I do believe what is important is the extremely strong infrastructure - The club has had this infrastructure for decades now - We will have new players to put into our line-up - Look at the opportunity given to Luke Shaw also, he wouldn't have got that at many other Premier League clubs - We're looking to use our funds to create a deeper and stronger roster - I believe we will also see a few more names grow out of our academy and into our first team this season - We never said one of our players were for sale - We never aggressively attempted to sell anyone - Ronald understood what was going to happen - He has been a part of the process, every single part of it - He accepted that it would be a turbulent first summer - The fact of the matter is that we then looked at our first team and decided that Morgan was a centre-piece - We've made it very clear, he's not for sale - What matters now at Saints is how we are looking against Liverpool - Morgan will be there for Liverpool - (when asked specifically if Morgan will be in our matchday squad against Liverpool) - Jay is also a definite centre-piece - But he still has months of rehab and we look forward to rehabilitating him - What has happened, has happened [with Morgan] - I don't need to discuss that - We are going to retain Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin - We look forward to building our new-look side around those two - We want to be a difficult team to play against - Our aspirations are to grow the club into Europe - This is a step-by-step process - The process must occur at all levels - We did not feel this was in place when we arrived - We had to make some payments - We now have a strong sum that gives us an opportunity to reinvest in the club - We are not going to rush - We've been given a green light by the owner - She has enabled us to reinvest the funds in a combination of transfers - I was not hired to coach the team - I am here to create a management culture - We want to be as well run as a club can be in the Premier League - I want to say to the fans, we don't expect trust overnight - What I would like to ask them for, is time - We will earn their trust through our actions, not just words - The club is not for sale - I wouldn't have turned down some very nice jobs as a Head Coach in the NHL - Katharina has given her full backing for the club to reinvest - She has also told me that the club is not for sale - We want to continue to build on the strong foundations that have been here for decades - We want to build into the future of this football club
That he was offered NHL jobs? Oilers fans I asked spoke highly of him, said it was a rushed decision.
Didn't he coach the winning ice-hockey side at the Sochi Olympics? I would imagine that would make him quite sought after in the NHL. I suspect if Joachim Low looked like he might be available due to perceived instability (by the press) in his current role that he would not be short of job offers from football clubs.
I thought he said he was familiar with them, listed: Gape, Turnbull, McQueen, Targett and a few others and said they weren't up to the Premier League yet. I think it was Pleat that said that, at least.
He was special advisor to the Canadian team, rather than the head coach (or an official member of the coaching staff at all). Teams weren't exactly lining up for him after he was fired, though. Best I'm aware he didn't interview for any of the open positions in the summer of 2013.
