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SAINTS LOOK AT OPTIONS IF TONDA GETS BAN

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The LeaguePaper Team
27 September 2026

By Chris Dunlavy

WAIT: Tonda Eckert

CHAMPIONSHIP
SOUTHAMPTON are weighing up their options if Tonda Eckert is banned by the FA - with former Middlesbrough boss Rob Edwards and Under-21 coach Adam Lallana both under consideration to take interim charge.
Eckert, 33, is awaiting the verdict of a hearing into last season’s Spygate saga, which saw Saints kicked out of the Championship play-offs after a club intern was caught filming semi-final opponents Middlesbrough.
The German admitted that he was behind the operation and that Southampton had spied on two other sides - Oxfor...

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