Still Set To Be Named Southampton Manager

Will Still is expected to beryllium announced connected Sunday arsenic Southampton's caller manager.

The 32-year-old Englishman revealed past play he was leaving French nine Lens to return to nan UK.

Multiple sources person told BBC Sport that Still is group to beryllium successful nan stands astatine St Mary's for bottommost nine Southampton's last Premier League crippled of nan play against Arsenal connected Sunday.

He is expected to motion a three-year statement pinch nan Saints, who will return to nan Championship adjacent play aft their relegation.

Still's assignment has been analyzable by negotiations astir making his brothers, Nicolas and Edward, portion of his backroom unit and releasing him from his statement astatine Ligue 1 Lens, which runs until 2027.

However, Saints are assured they person recovered a breakthrough successful talks.

In March, Still's partner Emma Saunders, a presenter connected Sky Sports who antecedently worked for BBC Sport, said she was recovering from encephalitis, which is an infection of nan brain.

"For aggregate reasons, nan main logic down my determination is that I request to spell backmost home," admitted Still.

He would beryllium a imperishable replacement astatine Southampton for Ivan Juric, who near successful April aft nan nine were relegated from nan Premier League pinch a grounds 7 games near to play.

Born successful Belgium to English parents, Still built his shot profession astatine Lierse and Beerschot earlier moving to France, wherever he became nan youngest coach successful Europe's apical 5 leagues erstwhile appointed by Reims, aged 30, successful October 2022.

He joined Lens successful June, 2024, connected a three-year woody and led them to an eighth-placed decorativeness successful Ligue 1.

Lens person yet to corroborate Still's departure.

Sheffield Wednesday head Danny Rohl was antecedently linked pinch nan Saints job, but nan compensation package to move to a nine wrong nan aforesaid section was thought to beryllium excessively expensive.