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Southampton’s head coach Tonda Eckert has been charged by the Football Association over the ‘Spygate’ scandal.

Saints were thrown out of the Championship play-offs by the EFL in May over the affair and docked four points for the coming season.

The club admitted spying on a training session held by play-off opponents Middlesbrough in May, and on sessions at Ipswich and Oxford earlier in the season.

On May 21 the FA confirmed it was investigating the matter, and on Wednesday it announced charges had been brought.