{"id":82029,"date":"2023-05-30T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T06:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/?p=82029"},"modified":"2023-05-29T22:55:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T21:55:35","slug":"martin-taking-four-with-him-to-southampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/05\/30\/martin-taking-four-with-him-to-southampton\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin taking four with him to Southampton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Russell Martin&#8217;s appointment at Southampton expected to be imminent it is now widely expected that he will take four of his backroom staff with him to St Mary&#8217;s as he looks to keep his team together at a third club.<\/p>\n<p>Martin bought four key people with him when he signed on with SA1 and it is expected that all four will remain with him as he makes the move to Southampton as the Saints eye up what they hope will be an immediate return to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='JujU3ynkRZJ4UvYfdEKFlA' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1240070019' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'JujU3ynkRZJ4UvYfdEKFlA',sig:'iDZVSUZBJq2o-FuAvkfpt7ieMyosxAUL-88m24-fGfU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1240070019',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Matt Gill, Dean Thornton, Matt Willmott and Ben Parker are all expected to follow Martin out of Swansea when the move is confirmed leaving the Swans with some additional compensation and, in theory, allowing any new manager to select his full backroom staff.<\/p>\n<p>Gill joined initially as the club&#8217;s technical development coach but was promoted to the role of assistant head coach in June 2022.\u00a0 Gill was recruited to Stadium MK by Martin and followed him to Swansea when he was appointed in August 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Thornton linked up with Martin at MK Dons in November 2019 before joining him at Swansea as goalkeeping coach whilst Willmott joined the Swans as head of physical performance having previously held a similar role at MK.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, first-team performance analyst Ben Parker will be the fourth member of the team to follow Martin and he held a similar role at MK for two years before heading to Swansea.<\/p>\n<p>The compensation package for Martin alone has been pretty clear for a few weeks according to reports but with the backroom staff now supposedly agreed we can move on with what seems to be a clean sweep and, of course, that part is not unusual when it comes to managerial changes.<\/p>\n<p>The departure of the five will leave just Kris O&#8217;Leary on the first team staff until the appointment of a new manager.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='2yMB5eLoR0xL3FZGAfoLOg' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1238299750' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'2yMB5eLoR0xL3FZGAfoLOg',sig:'Rt-kRXMt7VU3iuJwLYOO4LBoXWfFuxmCnFjIYFs3Iq4=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1238299750',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Russell Martin&#8217;s appointment at Southampton expected to be imminent it is now widely expected that he will take four of his backroom staff with him to St Mary&#8217;s as he looks to keep his team together at a third club. 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