SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) – Southampton manager Tonda Eckert will remain in her job while helping to coordinate the team. spy gate The controversy cost the club any chance of promotion to the Premier League, owner Dragan Šolak said on Tuesday.
southampton is exiled He was eliminated from last month’s second-tier championship playoffs after admitting to repeatedly spying on opposing teams’ training sessions and was given four demerit points for next season.
In its written reasons released Monday, the arbitration panel exposed Mr. Eckert’s influence in the scandal, saying it was a “thought-out and determined plan from the top down to gain a competitive advantage” and that the analysts who conducted the unauthorized filming “felt pressure to make the observations Mr. Eckert and his senior coaches desired.”
However, Sholak said: video message On Tuesday, the club announced to fans that it believes Eckert is “the guy who will take us forward.”
“As a board, we fully support him,” the Serbian owner said. “Together we have only one goal: to get promoted to the Premier League.”
Sholak said in an interview with the BBC that Eckert “deserves a second chance and I would give him that.”
Southampton reached the play-off final by defeating Middlesbrough, one of the clubs under scrutiny, before being expelled. This deprived the Saints of a chance at promotion to the top flight and a guaranteed future income of at least $270 million.
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