Matt blasts board

Monday 6th April 2009, 2:30PM BST.

0134001MATT LE TISSIER will today meet with administrators of stricken Southampton Football Club to see what role he can play to save the south-coast club.

As arguably the greatest player in the Championship club’s proud history, Le Tissier has confirmed he will do as much as he can to keep it alive.

The club’s holding company went into administration on Friday and the debts of £30m. have led to grave concerns whether they will be able to continue beyond the season.

Speaking on Gillette Soccer Saturday, the weekly Sky football programme on which he is a regular pundit, the Guernseyman, pictured, said he felt ‘pretty sick to be honest’ and was very critical of the club’s board.

Asked who was to blame for the perilous position Saints find themselves in, he said: ‘You have got to look at the board over the last five or six years. They’ve all got to take responsibility. It’s been serious mis-management.’

Media reports on Saturday suggested that the club has just 28 days to save itself.


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