After the adventure in the Giallorossi, the Croatian technician in England was unable to straighten an already desperate situation
Ivan Juric is no longer the Southampton coach. The separation arrives in the aftermath of the officiability of the relegation of the Saints, the first team in the history of the premier to do it 7 days in advance. Juric had arrived four days before Christmas, shortly after the end of his experience in Rome, with the Mission Impossible to save an already compromised team. Not only did it not succeed, but Southampton also risks ending the season with the least number of points in the history of the premier.
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Juric had an 18 -month contract. The choice of separation, not yet made official by the company, would have been consensual. He had arrived in December instead of Russell Martin, the month following his kingdom in Rome 53 days long and just 12 games. In Southampton, his first experience as a coach outside Italy, he did not go much better, despite the Saints had long since been his admirers. With him at the helm, Southampton won just two games, including one in FA Cup against Swansea, halfway through Championship. Juric has never managed to change the march to the team: after the only victory in the premier of his management, the 2-1 at the Ipeswich house on 1st February, the Saints put a series of 6 defeats, including the one in FA Cup against Burnley, first in Championship. Yesterday’s 3-1 in Tottenham sanctioned relegation. And the end of the kingdom of Juric in Southampton. It will be up to Simon Rusk, with Adam Lallana as an assistant, make sure that the Saints exceed the 11 points of the County 2007-08 derby and do not become the worst team in the history of the premier. For a club that made 10 in 31 games, however, that too is a complicated mission.