Ralph Krueger has insisted that Saints are “one hundred per cent ready” for Europe next season.

In a wide ranging interview which starts in tomorrow's Daily Echo, the Saints chairman admitted that while qualification for either the Champions League or Europa League doesn’t need to happen this season, if it does then the club are prepared.

Krueger said: “One hundred per cent ready for that. At the end we had to start those processes in our mind, whether they were for next year or the year after.

“We’ve always spoken since I came here from day one that our dream was to go into Europe.”

He added: “We’re expecting every single department, every single area of the club – not just the football – to be ready for the next step, and it’s not something that has to happen, but we are ready if it happens. There’s no question about it.

“We will be ready and, again, we need to stay in the small picture. We take it one day at a time here, through til May 24th. The standings count one single time the whole year, and that’s on that day, but we will be ready to deal with whatever the circumstances are.

“If it’s a step into Europe, let’s go, and let’s react to it.”