Sacking: Southampton are poised to axe manager Tonda Eckert in the wake of the club's disastrous exit from the Championship promotion race .
The 33-year-old is almost certain to pay the price after his leaked WhatsApp messages catastrophically undermined the club's case during the hearing.
Ejection: The EFL took the extraordinary decision to boot Southampton out of the Championship play-off final after the club confessed to violating strict rules by conducting surveillance on three rival clubs.
An analyst had improperly recorded Middlesbrough's training sessions before their semi-final clash and the club has also been slapped with an additional four-point penalty to be applied at the beginning of next season.
Rejected appeal: Southampton's emergency appeal against their play-off removal was comprehensively dismissed by an independent arbitration panel following a swift hearing .
