SAINTS boss Ronald Koeman has insisted that chips are not chips unless they have a lashing of mayonnaise on the side.
The Dutchman revealed his choice of sauce – much favoured in the Low Countries - at a pre-match press conference.
It follows a claim by a former teammate from the early 1980s, revealing that despite a strict diet requirement, a young Koeman could not drop his penchant for a dollop of mayonnaise.
Former Newcastle United striker Rob McDonald, who joined Koeman at FC Groningen in 1982, is reported as saying: “We were at an away game once, having our pre-match meal. Our coach, Theo Verlangen, would go mad if he saw mayonnaise on our table.
“But this time he wasn't paying attention when the waiter put some down in front of us.
"Ronald took a couple of chips, slapped them in the mayonnaise and just as he was about to eat them, Verlangen said: 'Koeman! If you eat those, that's a 500 guilder fine!' Ronald stuffed them in his mouth and said: 'Make it a thousand.'"
Fast forward to today's press conference ahead of a game with QPR and it seems little has changed.
He told reporters: “Chips without mayonnaise is not chips.”
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