Image of Spygate ‘far from truth’ says EckertImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Tonda Eckert has been taking pre-season training with Southampton Published54 minutes agoSouthampton head coach Tonda Eckert says he is “grateful” to have kept his job in the wake of the Spygate scandal but says the public’s impression of events differs from reality.Saints were expelled from the Championship play-offs in May despite beating Middlesbrough in the semi-finals after being found guilty of spying on Boro while they were training.
They were also found to have spied on rivals on two other occasions and Eckert is currently awaiting the result of a Football Association investigation after being charged with misconduct for his role in the affair.
“The owner has the right to take consequences,” Eckert told a fans’ forum hosted by BBC Radio Solent.
“At that time it would have been right for me to accept they would go in a different direction.”
