Southampton have sacked their supervisor Ralph Hasenhuttl in the wake of Sunday’s 4-1 home defeat by Newcastle.
Hasenhuttl, who was appointed in December 2018, departs with the membership in the Premier League relegation zone with 12 factors after 14 video games.
Southampton final received at Bournemouth on 19 October in what’s their solely win from the previous 9 matches.
“We now consider it’s an acceptable time to make a change,” mentioned a press release from the south coast membership.
First workforce coach Ruben Selles will take charge for Wednesday’s Carabao Cup third spherical dwelling sport towards League One aspect Sheffield Wednesday.
Scoring targets has been a specific downside for Hasenhuttl’s aspect and the 55-year-old Austrian bemoaned his gamers losing alternatives towards Newcastle.
Afterwards he mentioned he was not involved concerning the threat of shedding his job, however the Saints board have determined to behave earlier than the midweek EFL Cup sport and Saturday’s journey to Liverpool. It is their last sport earlier than the Premier League breaks for the World Cup, which runs from 20 November to 18 December.
Southampton added that Hasenhuttl had departed “having made a major contribution to the membership, overseeing some memorable outcomes and likewise taking part in a key position in the event of our membership infrastructure, identification and taking part in squad”.
The Saints “might be asserting a everlasting alternative in due course”.
Hasenhuttl has change into the fifth Premier League supervisor to be sacked up to now this season.
Scott Parker, Bruno Lage, Thomas Tuchel and Steven Gerrard had been dismissed by Bournemouth , Wolverhampton Wanderers, Chelsea and Aston Villa respectively, whereas Graham Potter left Brighton to take over as Chelsea boss.
Hasenhuttl highs and lows
Former RB Leipzig supervisor Hasenhuttl succeeded Mark Hughes as Saints boss with the membership 18th in the Premier League and guided them to security on the finish of that season.
His first full season in charge noticed them end eleventh in a marketing campaign disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, earlier than a Fifteenth-placed end in 2020-21.
During that season, Southampton had been top of the Premier League for the first time ever after they led on aim distinction after eight video games.
In January 2021, Hasenhuttl lower an emotional determine as he enjoyed a victory against defending champions Liverpool.
However, in February that 12 months, Southampton were beaten 9-0 by Manchester United. It was the second defeat by that margin throughout his time on the membership, having lost to Leicester by the identical scoreline in October 2019.
After a stuttering begin final season a winter revival noticed them rise to as excessive as ninth in February, however they misplaced 9 and received simply one in all their last 12 matches to stoop to Fifteenth.
The membership responded by reshuffling Hasenhuttl’s teaching workforce over the summer time, with Kelvin Davis, Dave Watson and Craig Fleming all leaving St Mary’s.
They additionally introduced in quite a few gamers, together with goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu, striker Sekou Mara, midfielder Joe Aribo and defenders Armel Bella-Kotchap and Duje Caleta-Car.
But that has didn’t spark an upturn in kind.
Southampton have solely scored 12 targets in their 14 Premier League video games this season and had been wasteful once more towards third-placed Newcastle in what proved to be the supervisor’s last match.
“Newcastle have proven why they’re the place they’re,” he mentioned in his BBC Sport interview after the sport.
“They had been scientific in the fitting moments. They have proven us learn how to win video games. I can’t say we performed a nasty sport however not taking part in a nasty sport shouldn’t be sufficient to win video games. That’s why we’re the place we’re.”
