Ronald Koeman: Southampton name Dutchman as new manager Southampton have appointed Ronald Koeman as their new manager.The former Dutch international has agreed a three-year deal to replace Mauricio Pochettino who took over at Tottenham last month.
Koeman resigned from his job at Feyenoord last month after guiding the club to second place in the Eredivisie.It is thought
the 51-year-old will recruit his brother Erwin as his assistant after he left his coaching role at RKC Waalwijk.
Koeman already has a list of players he would like to bring to St Mary's, with BBC Radio Solent reporting Feyenoord midfielder Lex Immers, 28, as his top transfer target.
However, keeping players at the club will be one of his immediate challenges with defenders Luke Shaw
and Dejan Lovren as well as midfielder Adam Lallana the subject of interest elsewhere.
Koeman will discover his first opponents in English football on Wednesday when the 2014-15 Premier League fixtures are released.
The search for Argentine Pochettino's replacement had been led by Les Reed, the executive director at St Mary's.
Koeman's honours as a player include winning the 1988 European Championship with the Dutch national team,
the European Cup - now the Champions League - with PSV Eindhoven in 1988 and Barcelona in 1992, and domestic league titles in the Netherlands and Spain.
He played 763 games for club and country, scoring 253 goals - including the winner for Barcelona against Sampdoria in the 1992 European Cup final at Wembley.
His managerial career has taken in spells at Vitesse, Ajax, Benfica, PSV, Valencia and AZ Alkmaar, before he joined Feyenoord in July 2011.
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