Industry expert: Southampton to take no further action on Spygate, EFL must learn from error

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That is according to former Everton chief executive Keith Wyness, speaking exclusively to Football Insider, who believes that the Saints are now ready to move on from this “very disappointing episode.”This comes after the South Coast outfit released a statement on Monday evening, noting connections to Middlesbrough for two members of the EFL’s disciplinary panel. Southampton set to be ‘accused of being cheats’Everton’s former chief Wyness – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – is in no doubt that Southampton will have to bear the cross of their misdemeanour throughout next season.

If you’re going to start taking out sanctions to take a club away from that game, the £200million game, you better be sure that it’s clear,” he said.“I don’t think Southampton are going to go forward and take any further action, but that is one area that the EFL’s got to be pretty sure that they get it right going forward. It’s something that Southampton have now got on their resume to go forward.😤 "Everybody in football cheats!"🤷‍♂️ "What do Southampton achieve by firing their manager!?"Simon Jordan explains why #SaintsFC are right to keep Tonda Eckert despite the Spygate scandal! ✅🕵️‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/X97NPbdA52— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) June 2, 2026 “You know what the banter is going to be in the grounds next season.

That’s their cross to bear now, but maybe that will bring them together and move them forward as a unit.”Saints’ accusations ‘dangerous’ for the EFLWyness also told Football Insider that Southampton’s accusations are “dangerous” for the EFL after their statement questioned the integrity of their disciplinary panel.He called back on his own experience from previous FA panels and pointed out that it can be extremely damaging if there is even a hint of “potential bias” within the panel. Wyness suggested that Southampton were right to call out the Middlesbrough connections, but also added that they have been “their own worst enemy” with the way that they have handled Spygate in general.