Two Former Saints Managers have found themselves new suitors this week, and ironically both could be about to grace the Champions League with their new clubs next season, Arron Sanders takes a look at the situation.

Firstly Russell Martin, has been appointed as the man in charge at Scottish giants Glasgow Rangers where he has been tasked with trying to close the gap to rivals Celtic who have dominated Scottish football winning the last four consecutive SPL titles under former Liverpool boss Brendan Rogers.

As shown in his time on the south coast, Martin is known to come calling for former players he has taken a shine to so who of anyone will he come knocking on the St Mary’s door for this summer?

Secondly it’s been announced that Ivan Juric, has returned to Italy to take the reins at Serie A side Atalanta.

Juric has been given the chance to restore his reputation on the back of two horrible stints at Saints and AS Roma but thanks to no doubt to the combination of a good recommendation from his mentor Gaspierini the man whom Juric is replacing and his work at Torino among others the Croatian has the opportunity to potentially grace European footballs biggest stage.

With both men now back in work, any obligation Saints have to pay out the remainder of their contracts so financial coffers could be boosted for an extra signing or two this summer.

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Colburn added 21:40 - Jun 8 Looks like we’re signing Bojan Miovski
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saintpete01 added 22:16 - Jun 8 Champions league Final Rangers v Atalanta
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underweststand added 10:46 - Jun 9 It's always down to managers, players and systems. RM managed the highest % possession rate in our Championship season, but we lacked the extra striker to be really convincing. In the end we had to beat Leeds 3 times in order to get promotion, but the squad that remained clearly wasn't good enough for the Prem. with a predictable outcome. If RM can raise the standard at Rangers then it may work OK, but Celtic are formidable opposition. to be fair, Juric was on a hiding to nothing, (as he was unemployed at the time so wasn't going to refuse) when no other experienced manager would touch us with a bargepole. He did try to change the set-up and attack more, but it was tough without a big goalscorer up front and he was unlucky in several games where we lost points in the last 10 minutes. Like Ipswich and Leicester, our squads just weren't good enough for the top tier, and we paid the price. I don't think Juric was devoid of ideas, and if he makes a success of it at Atalanta (not a bad club) then he was just another victim of that terrible season. It will give Saints' CFO a relaxing morning, to release us from the burden of those huge compensation payments that may have stretched out another year ..or more, had they not found new clubs to manage. Additionally, if RM and Ivan also take their assistant staffs with them, we will also be free of their compensation payments.

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DoctorSleep added 18:17 - Jun 9 RM please take Slowbone and Stephens
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Stafford_Saint added 05:40 - Jun 11 I suppose the terms of contract with Juric may be unknown and not be what is usually the case with ongoing payment after their replacement at Saints. It might’ve been the case that it was agreed he could be released upon relegation without the usual ongoing payment. That would tie in well with how he went before the season end.
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