Saints have been plunged into chaos as the proposed takeover of the club drags on.

As things at St Mary’s started to reach their end game came a dramatic series of events.

  • Administrator Mark Fry admitted for the first time he is "not confident" in long term front runners Pinnacle completing a takeover for the cub
  • Player of the season Kelvin Davis is on the verge of joining West Ham for nothing with his contract due to expire today
  • Top scorer David McGoldrick has been sold to Nottingham Forest to pay the wages
  • Homegrown hero Andrew Surman looks set to join Premier League Wolves
  • Saints face the prospect of having no first coaches to train the squad tomorrow.

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