League One - Wotte: I almost walked

Eurosport - Sun, 05 Jul 11:27:00 2009

Mark Wotte has revealed he was all set to quit Southampton to take a job in Egypt until a dramatic change in the club's circumstances.

FOOTBALL Southampton manager Mark Wotte, who agreed to stay at the cash-stricken club - 0

The Dutch coach's future with the cash-strapped club looked to be in doubt as a Matt Le Tissier-backed consortium closed in on a deal to purchase the Saints.

It was thought that the group would look to appoint their own manager, prompting Wotte to book flights to Egypt in readiness to take up a post there.

But after the Pinnacle consortium pulled out of the running, Wotte was asked to take on the full-time role of manager.

"To be honest I booked my flight to Egypt for July 1 but when the Pinnacle group pulled out it changed everything," he told the Southern Daily Echo.

"I was ready to leave - not because I didn't like Southampton, I really wanted to stay, but for my pride I didn't want to continue preparing the team for somebody else."

PA Sport

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  1. the players out of contract are in effect "free­ agents". they should be able to play whenever they­ want!

    From d.papas, on Mon 6 Jul 12:22PM

  2. quite right mark, however, not too impressed with a­ draw at Eastleigh, however I do realise that half of­ the team were out of contract so we couldnt play them,­ but at least it wasnt a loss, think of it as 1 point.

    From Julie, on Mon 6 Jul 10:40AM
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