Premier League relegation prompts early exit for Southampton boss
Quick Tenure Ends After Troubled Spell
Within the echoing corridors of St Mary’s, one other chapter has closed, quietly and with a heavy air of inevitability. Ivan Juric leaves Southampton after a bleak three-and-a-half-month spell that would not halt the membership’s slide out of the Premier League.
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His time on the south coast was temporary — simply 108 days in cost — and marked by a grim report. Juric presided over 14 Premier League matches, managing just one win, a 2-1 outcome over Ipswich in early February. The Croatian’s arrival, shortly earlier than Christmas, introduced hope of a turnaround. That hope by no means materialised.
Relegation Arrives with File Timing
Southampton’s destiny was sealed with seven matches to spare, following a 3-1 defeat to Tottenham. It marked the earliest relegation in Premier League historical past, and a nadir in a turbulent marketing campaign. Juric’s departure, confirmed by a number of sources together with Sky Sports activities Information, follows a sequence of 12 losses from 14 and a median of two.7 targets conceded per recreation.
Saints Seek for Stability
Juric, beforehand dismissed by Roma after a short-lived spell, signed an 18-month take care of Southampton together with a break clause — a clause now activated following relegation. His tenure, like so many in trendy soccer, ends not in drama however with a resigned shrug from all sides.
Southampton should now rebuild. Once more.