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  • "Why do people keep banging on about Nigel being shafted by NC and this story is proof?
    If you go for a high power job (and lets face it, managing a premiership team is pretty high powered) you will have several interviews and discussions before you are employed over weeks if not a couple of months.
    Do people think NC woke one morning and thought lets get some people in for an interview and employ the best of the bunch?
    NA would have been assed for his player management skills, motivational skills, tactical (substitutions included), newplayer pulling skills, strategicall skills and his ability to take us to the next level. And he obvioulsy came up short somewhere. If you are running a business and someone in a key position is compromising your growth or aspirations then they have to be replaced. End of."
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Forren: I didn't speak to Adkins over Saints move

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VEGARD Forren admits he never spoke to Nigel Adkins about joining Saints.

The Norwegian international centre half was officially unveiled as a Saints player just hours after Adkins was sacked on Friday, January 18.

But negotiations to sign the player had been ongoing for days, with Forren in the crowd at Stamford Bridge when Saints drew with Chelsea two days earlier.

"I never spoke to Nigel," said Forren.

"I knew that there was a change and that the new manager wanted me here.

“For me it was never a problem, I was happy to be here and have an opportunity to play for Southampton."

The Premier League is very popular in Norway but Forren is not worried about upsetting people back home if Saints pull off an upset at Old Trafford tomorrow.

"All of my friends and family in Norway are happy for me to be in the Premier League, everyone loves the Premier League in Norway," he said.

"Of course I have some friends who are United fans but if I do well and we get the three points they will be okay."

With Jose Fonte still missing through injury and Forren settled into the Saints squad following a training trip to Barcelona the 24-year-old looks set to make his debut against United.

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