Southampton may want to blow out of the negotiation, so that Koeman is forced to complete his last year contract.
what, so forsake £5mil in compo and have a person managing the side who doesn't want to be there?
All along, it has been a massive face-saving exercise by So'ton, who are basically trying to make Everton (and RK) out as the bad guys in this - when they are as equally as culpable as they gave us permission to speak to RK - it's not like it was tapping up or anything.