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Yahoo
6 days ago
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BBC Radio Solent Southampton fans' forum
BBC Radio Solent is giving Southampton supporters the chance to ask their questions to those in charge at St Mary's. Head coach Will Still, technical director Johannes Spors and chief executive Phil Parsons will join host Adam Blackmore from 6pm on Thursday 6 August. You can listen on FM, DAB and on BBC Sounds. Southampton kick off the new Championship season at home to Wrexham on Saturday (12:30 BST).
BBC News
6 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
BBC Radio Solent Southampton fans' forum
BBC Radio Solent is giving Southampton supporters the chance to ask their questions to those in charge at St Mary' coach Will Still, technical director Johannes Spors and chief executive Phil Parsons will join host Adam Blackmore from 6pm on Thursday 6 can listen on FM, DAB and on BBC kick off the new Championship season at home to Wrexham on Saturday (12:30 BST).
BBC News
09-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Saints captain Stephens signs new contract
Southampton captain Jack Stephens has signed a new three-year contract to extend his stay at the 31-year-old has been at Saints since 2011 and has made exactly 200 appearances for the first in 2023, he signed a two-year deal and last season in the Premier League he made 19 appearances, scoring one goal. During his time at Southampton he has left on loan a number of times, with spells at Swindon Town, Middlesbrough, Coventry City and most recently AFC Bournemouth in 2022. "It's been an absolute privilege to play for this club and continues to be a privilege for me," Stephens said."I'm very proud to not only play for the club but to captain the club as well, so it's an amazing feeling for me and my family to carry on the journey here and hopefully we've got plenty of good times to come."Stephens was made captain two years ago and lifted the Championship play-off final trophy at Wembley in 2024 after Saints beat Leeds to win promotion."Jack has been an important figure for the club on and off the pitch over many years," technical director Johannes Spors said."We value both the quality and leadership that he brings and we see him continuing to be an influential part of the squad moving forward, so we're pleased to have reached this agreement to extend his long association with Southampton."
BBC News
30-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Saints sign Quarshie - so what should fans expect from 'promising' talent?
Southampton have signed defender Joshua Quarshie from Hoffenheim for a fee understood to be £ 20-year-old has signed a four-year deal and becomes the Saints' first signing of the summer under new manager Will made his Bundesliga debut at 18 and gained the majority of his experience with Hoffenheim's second team, as well as on loan with Fortuna Dusseldorf and Greuther Furth, making 28 appearances in the German second group technical director Johannes said the Germany Under-20 international is a "talented young player" and "natural fit" for Still's style, while Quarshie himself said the Saints felt like the "right club" for football expert Constantin Eckner told BBC Radio Solent: "Quarshie was one of the more promising talents in the Bundesliga 2. It was expected that he would move on somewhere and the link to Southampton probably comes through the new sporting directer Johannes Spors, who is German, and may have an eye on youth national team players."His height and athletic promises are there. He's still very young so he's still a work in progress, but he's technically pretty proficient."He's not just the type of player to play one steller pass after another, but he's pretty precise when it comes to build-up passes too."Now Southampton are playing in the Championship again, they will have a lot of matches where they will have a lot of possession, so they have to deal with how to set up their build-up plays, so he could also play a part there."Fans should expect someone who's still in development and who will still have to become a professional player at that level."With the schedule of the Championship you play so many games over a season. It's important to have a number of centre-backs with different skillsets. With Quarshie you have someone who is tall, athletic, two-footed and has a lot of upsides."Listen to the full discussion on BBC Sounds here
Yahoo
25-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Will Still appointed Southampton manager
Will Still has officially joined Southampton FC as manager, the relegated Premier League side has announced. The Anglo-Belgian head coach resigned from his position at Racing Club de Lens to return to England and get closer to his partner. Still has agreed on a three-year contract with the Saints, who host Arsenal for the final day of the Premier League campaign. Southampton will finish the season bottom of the league. Still's former club, Lens, have confirmed that Will's brothers – Edward and Nicolas Still – have also left the Artois side. Still led Les Sang et Or to an eighth-place finish in Ligue 1. 'Will is a young, innovative manager who has already gained significant experience throughout his career, and we have been extremely impressed both by his track record and our conversations with him', said Southampton Group Technical Director Johannes Spors. Advertisement Will Still said he was 'eager to get to work this summer and start building a close-knit group that can make everyone proud and ultimately get us back to where we belong: in the Premier League.' GFFN | Bastien Cheval
