Southampton face the prospect of having no-one to take pre-season training from Wednesday once boss Mark Wotte's contract expires.

Dutchman Wotte will officially revert to his role within the youth set-up while coaches Michael Svensson and Dean Gorre will also be out of contract.

Wotte's position is still unresolved as the takeover saga drags on at St Mary's, with the Matt Le Tissier-backed Pinnacle group's proposed buy-out having been delayed and a second consortium fronted by businessman Marc Jackson pulling out of the running.

The club remain in danger of going bust and a swift player exodus is on the cards, with out-of-contract captain and goalkeeper Kelvin Davis reportedly close to joining West Ham and midfielder Andrew Surman linked with Wolves.

Wotte told the Southern Daily Echo: "I have my last day today and then probably I will stop doing this job. But I don't know who is going to do the training sessions for the first team. Michael Svensson and Dean Gorre are also gone.

"The problem is we don't know anything that's going to happen in the next two days. Players and staff are running out of contracts."