Southamptons negotiations with manager Ronald Koeman over a new contract are progressing well, according to executive director of football Les Reed. Willians Astudillo Twins Jersey . Koeman has enjoyed two successful seasons at St Marys, having broken the clubs Premier League record points tally twice and guided the Saints into the Europa League with a sixth-place finish this term.The Dutchmans contract expires at the end of next season but he said he wanted to stay at Southampton for the foreseeable future after their final game of the season. Despite that declaration, sources have told Sky Sports News HQ that Koeman would be tempted away by one of Europes leading clubs, but he has opened talks over a new deal and Reed is pleased at the way they have gone so far.Conversations go on all the time about planning for the future. Ronald has mentioned recently that hes sat down with us at board level and talked about the five-year plan, Reed told the clubs official website.Theres no point going into contract negotiations about finance and money unless youre all on the same wavelength about where the club is going. Koeman has enjoyed two successful seasons at St Marys If Ronald is committing himself to the club for a longer period of time, its important we talk about our ambitions being aligned and that we are still trying to achieve the same things.Were now at a point, as Ronald has said himself, where were actually getting down to the detail of the contract, which is where agents and lawyers get involved.Everything is going very positively at the moment. Also See: Koeman would consider top club Koeman wants to stay When does your season start? Premier League grades Harm