Football Soccer - Southampton v Liverpool - Barclays Premier League - St Mary's Stadium - 20/3/16 Southampton manager Ronald Koeman Reuters / Stefan Wermuth
(Reuters) - The sight of elite footballers getting off team buses with headphones on does not impress Southampton manager Ronald Koeman, who insists the near-obsession with smartphones and social media leads to a communication breakdown on the pitch.
The Dutchman, whose team are seventh in the Premier League, revealed how he was sending his players to weekly communication sessions to get them talking to each other again.
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