Juric is the new manager of Southampton

Sacked just over a month ago by Roma, Ivan Juric is immediately back on track: the hiring of the 49-year-old Croatian as the new manager of Southampton is official in place of Russell Martin. 18-month contract for Juric, who will have the task of leading the Saints to safety: the team currently occupies last place in the Premier League with just 5 points in 16 games.

In the past on the benches of Mantua, Crotone, Genoa, Verona and Turin as well as Roma, Juric says he is “very happy. I think it is a great challenge but I am very optimistic because I saw a team that can do better. It is important to be connected immediately with the fans, I want an aggressive team and I think the fans will like it. We will have to do a lot more pressing and change our mentality quickly, because this is my idea of ​​football.”

It is not clear whether Juric will be on the bench tomorrow at Craven Cottage with Fulham or whether he will make his debut during the match against West Ham on Boxing Day. So far there have been 4 changes on the bench in the Premier League: before Southampton it was Manchester United (Amorim for Ten Hag), Leicester (Van Nistelrooy for Cooper) and Wolverhampton (Vitor Pereira for O’ Neill).