Saints could be appointing Mauricio Pellegrino's successor in the next 24 hours accoring to the latest news reports.

Saints are said to be in talks with Mark Hughes and an appointment could be happening within the next 24 hours with the club keen to have a replacement in place to take charge of the team when they travel to Wigan in the FA Cup on Sunday.

Hughes played for Saints for two seasons from August 1998 till March 2000 playing 50(2) times in the Premier League and scoring two goals, his first was possibly his most important, with Saints 3-1 down at home to fellow relegation strugglers Blackburn in April 1999, hughes reduced the deficit on the hour mark and sparked the fightback that saw the 3-3 draw start what would become known as the Great Escape.

Saints fans will hope that if Hughes does return Hughes has enjoyed a he can once again become the catalyst that keeps Saints in the Premier League.

Hughes has enjoyed a long career as a manager, but although his early career blossomed, after leaving Manchester City he started to become known as a long ball merchant and at Stoke put out teams known for their physical attributes rather than ball playing.

Saints fans who have been crying out for entertainment perhaps wont be impressed by that playing style and Saints certainly don't have too many players who would fit the stereotype Hughes type of player.

However Saints appear to be looking for a stop gap manager to bring discipline and organisation to a squad that has been poorly led for the past 7 months or so and from that viewpoint Hughes might just be the man.

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KriSaint added 15:52 - Mar 14 Actually, Hughes got Blackburn to 2 FA cup semis and 1 league cup semi Man. city to 1 league cup semi (he wassacked before the games were played), and Stoke to 1 league cup semi Maybe this season he gets a chance of qualifying a team for a final?
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SaintBrock added 18:24 - Mar 14 Clutching at straws pal, not even Scholing would sign this berk. Utter effing round ones, I'm finished with this shower of tw8ts. In all my years... who would have thought it could come to this. Reed isn't fit to sign a letter let alone a football manager.
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KriSaint added 19:11 - Mar 14 When the hell do we get the name?? It´s been almost 48 hours.
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IanRC added 19:22 - Mar 14 He was rubbish for us as a player as I recall well past his sell by date. Hope he proves a better manager if this rumour is true. Not a very inspired choice.
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KriSaint added 13:56 - Mar 22 He was almost 36 when he signed for us. He did ok in midfield for us for 1.5 season, fighting, getting yellow cards and becoming man of the match on a few occasions.
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