Ronald Koeman has laughed off speculation linking him with Everton and again insisted he intends to honour the remaining year on his St Mary’s contract.

The Saints boss was this morning the subject of numerous national newspaper reports which suggested he was in line to take over from Roberto Martinez at Goodison Park.

However, Koeman denied the speculation and again confirmed that he intends to sit down with executive director Les Reed after the end of the season to discuss the future direction of the club, and with that his own position going forward.

He said: “Nothing (about Everton) because I am manager of Southampton, I mention last week and everybody knows I have one more year contract.

“What I mention last week because I get the question about my future, we will sit together, analyse this season and analyse the future.”

When asked whether he still intends to see out the last year of his contract at St Mary’s, Koeman simply replied “yes.”

As Saints get more players to commit to long-term deals, the hope is that the manager will do the same.

“It’s first of all good news that the club likes to continue because that means the club is happy about our work together as technical staff and the players,” said Koeman.

“There is very good understanding between the manager and the players and that’s good and important to continue.

“Let’s do our job this weekend and there is time enough next week before I go for a holiday to talk about the future of the club. That’s no problem.”

He added: “Everything can happen very fast and that’s no problem.”