Ivan Juric file photo© AFP
Southampton dismissed the manager Ivan Juric after his relegation of the Premier League, the club announced on Monday. Southampton was sentenced to relegation in record time after a 3-1 defeat in Tottenham on Sunday. The low side of Joric’s table has lost 25 of their 31 high -flying games in a miserable campaign. The relegation with seven games which remains given to Southampton, the winners of the championship of last season, an unwanted first League record, going beyond the relegations of Derby and Huddersfield with six games to play in 2008 and 2019 respectively. Juric succeeded Russell Martin in December, with Southampton already deeply in difficulty, but the 49 -year -old man won only one championship match in Ipswich in February. The saints have lost seven of their last eight championship games.
“We can confirm that today we have concluded an agreement with the manager of our first men’s team, Ivan Juric, to end his fate at the club,” said a Southampton statement.
“Ivan came to Southampton in a difficult period and was responsible for trying to improve a team in a difficult situation.
“Unfortunately, we have not seen performances progress as we had hoped, but we would like to thank Ivan and his staff for their honesty and their hard work when they were fighting against the chances of trying to keep us posted.”
Simon Rusk will support the team as an acting director for the rest of the season and will be assisted by Adam Lallana.
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