Ronald Koeman will meet with Everton face to face today according to the Liverpool Echo as rumours start to creep in on Merseyside that this wil not be a done deal.
Ronald Koeman appears to have yet to have actually spoken to Everton directly regarding his proposed move to Goodison Park.
Although the full details of this move are very unclear, it seems that Everton had originally hired Koeman's now agent to persuade the Dutchman to move to Merseyside and that the deal was concluded between the agent and Everton whilst Koeman was on his way to his holiday.
This means that although the terms of any deal have been agreed that Koeman has actually yet to decide whether he wants to move to Everton or not, he has not sat down with Everton's representatives and sought their agreement on just how he would be allowed to run things should he decide to join them.
This means the deal is far from complete and even the Liverpool Echo who understandably are talking up Everton's chances say that there is nothing likely to be announced before Wednesday.
So far from being clear cut, it seems that although money has been agreed between Everton and Koeman's agent, there is still a fair way to go before a deal can be completed.
Also there is the question of whether Saints and Everton have agreed terms, Saints are said to be prepared to hold out for exactly what they want and even to go as far as to pay Koeman to sit out the coming season on gardening leave should these causes not be met by Everton.
So it seems that Koeman will speak to Everton, also almost certainly speak to Saints and then manke his decision whether to stay or go.
Whichever he decides it seems that this is not the clear cut case his agent was portraying 10 days ago and only wages have really been agreed so far.
Of course money is a big draw for any man, especially when it is an amount that would make Koeman the 5th highest paid manager in the World, however sometimes it is not all about money, Ronald Koeman has always said that, we will now find out whether that holds true.
I still think he will join Everton, however the odds on him doing so have lengthened, I would have said 10 days ago judging purely on his agents boasts that it was 99% certain, now it is far less than that.