Ronald Koeman: Southampton set to name Dutchman manager The Premier League club are expected to make an announcement this week following the departure of former boss Mauricio Pochettino to Tottenham.
Koeman, 51, led Feyenoord to second place in the Eredivisie last season, but left at the end of the campaign.
He may opt to recruit his brother Erwin as his assistant after he also left his coaching role at RKC Waalwijk.
The search for Argentine Pochettino's replacement has been led by Les Reed, the executive director at St Mary's.
Saints chairman Ralph Krueger had earlier told BBC Radio Solent that the managerial vacancy had attracted "huge interest".
He said on 28 May, after Pochettino's departure: "We have the highest-quality managers in Europe knocking on our door."
Koeman's honours as a player include winning the 1988 European Championship with the Dutch national team, the European Cup - now the Champions League - with PSV Eindhoven in 1988 and Barcelona in 1992, and domestic league titles in the Netherlands and Spain.
He played 763 games for club and country, scoring 253 goals - including the winner for Barcelona against Sampdoria in the 1992 European Cup final at Wembley.
Koeman is also remembered for his role in stopping England reaching the 1994 World Cup - when he controversially stayed on the pitch and then scored to end Graham Taylor's ill-fated qualifying campaign.
His managerial career has taken in spells at Vitesse, Ajax, Benfica, PSV, Valencia and AZ Alkmaar, before he joined Feyenoord in July 2011.
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