Southampton Football Club issue official statement 10pm Wednesay night. It was short and sweet and too the point.

Southampton Football Club can today confirm that it has terminated the contract of Claude Puel with immediate effect.

Everyone at Southampton would like to express our thanks to Claude for his hard work and commitment this year. The highlight of the season was a memorable day at Wembley in the EFL Cup Final, a day our fans will always treasure.

We wish Claude well for the future.

The search for a new management team is underway. We are confident that we will find the right fit in line with the long term vision of the club.

A brief statement from the club, however is this linked with the proposed investment from Lander Holdings and will we see a chain reaction of events.

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Vega added 09:06 - Jun 15 Okay,after too long waiting the announcement was made.hallulia Now bring tuchel asap if possible
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Vega added 09:08 - Jun 15 Okay,after too long waiting the announcement was made.hallulia Now bring tuchel asap if possible
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REEDYREEDOREEDZ added 09:53 - Jun 15 Time to be optimistic I reckon. Tuschel in, takeover completed, £50m transfer kitty without selling any of our best players. European qualificiation next season. Onwards and upwards!
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GeordieSaint added 09:57 - Jun 15 You could write down a list of positives and negatives for the season with the development of some of the younger players or existing squad a massive plus but it just got so boring. I don't get to the game too often but those matches on sky against Liverpool and Man U were awful, yes in some ways they were good points but please try and win the games not just not lose! Moving on, if we can keep Virgil for one more year, sign a creative midfielder and another quality centre back we could have a really good team next year. I reckon it is new kit today and new manager tomorrow.

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LordDZLucan added 10:20 - Jun 15 I think Claude Puel has been hard done by but putting that to one side why has it taken us a month to sack him? In the meantime potential replacement managers have been signed up by other teams and, if you believe the media, a large number of our players are looking for moves with the uncertainty no doubt a factor. By the time we sell Virgil van Dijk his obvious replacement, Harry MaGuire, will have been snapped up by Leicester. Why the procrastination? It's costing us big time.

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WanderingSaint added 12:52 - Jun 15 Tuchel ruled himself out. Welcome Roy Hodgson. Idiotic fans, just idiotic.
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SaintBrock added 13:50 - Jun 15 Only Reed to go now re your pic! Be amazed Muzzy!
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