Spygate latest: Tonda Eckert given Southampton owner's backing as head coach apologises for scandal

Tonda Eckert has taken full responsibility "for everything that happened" in the Spygate scandal, apologising to players, staff and supporters - but he will remain as Southampton head coach after recieving back from chairman Dragon Solak.

In a statement, Eckert said: "For everything that's happened, I do want to apologise and I hold my hand up because as a head coach I am responsible. I am responsible for everything that has happened in this football club.

"I do apologise to the supporters, to everyone who has travelled with us, who has supported us over so many games, to the ones who have shared emotions game by game, who have managed to bring us all the way up to the very end of the season where we were supposed to play the biggest game of the season.

"I apologise to the players who have done absolutely everything that they can, absolutely everything in the last six months to bring this football club back to where it belongs."