Relegated Southampton sack Ivan Juric after 107 days as supervisor

Southampton have sacked Ivan Juric after 107 days in cost, with the membership liable to recording the bottom factors tally in Premier League historical past. Saints have been relegated on Sunday after defeat at Tottenham.

Juric changed Russell Martin in December however did not trend an uplift in outcomes, with the 49-year-old successful just one league match, at Ipswich in February. Saints have misplaced seven of their previous eight top-flight matches.

Southampton have 10 factors after two league wins and require two factors from their remaining seven matches to eclipse Derby’s record-low haul of 11 factors in 2007-08.

In an announcement confirming Juric’s sacking the membership stated: “Ivan got here to Southampton at a tricky time and was tasked with attempting to enhance a squad in a troublesome state of affairs. Sadly, we haven’t seen performances progress the way in which we had hoped, however we wish to thank Ivan and his employees for his or her honesty and laborious work as they fought in opposition to the percentages to try to preserve us up.”

Southampton stated Simon Rusk, who was in interim cost between Russell Martin’s sacking and Juric’s first sport, a Boxing Day defeat by West Ham, would take the reins for the remainder of the season. Adam Lallana, the 36-year-old who has made 5 league begins since returning to the membership final summer season, will help him.

Juric had talked up Johannes Spors, who got here in as technical director in February as a alternative for Jason Wilcox, however the pair have swiftly parted methods. Sheffield Wednesday’s Danny Röhl, who is aware of Spors from RB Leipzig, although the pair didn’t work collectively immediately, is regarded as a number one candidate, and Liam Rosenior is believed to have help after his spectacular work at Ligue 1 Strasbourg.

Southampton have picked up solely 4 factors in Juric’s 14 Premier League video games, giving him the bottom points-per-game common of any supervisor to take cost of at the least 10 video games within the competitors. The Croat was sacked by Roma in November after 12 video games.

After Southampton’s relegation was confirmed, Juric informed his squad he wished them to keep away from undesirable historical past. He stated: “I don’t need to be the worst group in Premier League historical past. That is our objective.”