WHO will be Southampton’s next manager?
That’s the question ons everybody’s lips following the departure of Russell Martin, who was sacked following Sunday’s 5-0 thrashing against Tottenham.
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Martin, 38, guided the Saints to promotion last year in his first season in charge, but it’s been a disappointing return to the top tier of English football.
Southampton are rock-bottom of the division and nine points adrift from safety following a run of 13 defeats in their opening 16 matches of the 2024-25 campaign.
Martin managed just one Premier League victory against Everton in November, but has lost five of the last six and conceded FIVE in each of his last two home games against Chelsea and Spurs.
With the club having also scored a league-low 11 goals, Southampton chiefs made the decision to part ways with Under-21s manager Simon Rusk will take interim charge of the senior side.
But who will be next in the dugout?
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It could be viewed as a bit of a poison chalice given no team has ever had five points or fewer at this stage of a Premier League campaign and avoided relegation.
It’s a wide-open betting market with no clear odds-on favourite at this early stage, but bookmakers William Hill believe Danny Rohl is the frontrunner.
Rohl, 35, previously worked as an assistant at Saints under former head coach Ralph Hasenhuttl and has drawn plaudits for his exceptional progress at Sheffield Wednesday.
As the youngest EFL manager and in his first managerial role, Rohl guided the Owls away from relegation following their worst start to a season in the club’s history last term.
They now sit in ninth position in the Championship table and just five points away from the play-off places.
Free agent David Moyes and current West Bromwich Albion boss Carlos Corberan are next in the betting markets, locked together at 6/1.
Former Brighton and Chelsea boss Graham Potter is also available at 6/1. The 49-year-old has been without a job since being sacked by the Stamford Bridge club in April 2023.
But Potter told the Telegraph in September that he’s felt “ready to return for a little while” and would judge each opportunity on its individual merits.
That trio are followed by former Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at 9/1, with Mark Robins and Steve Cooper the next most likely at 10s.
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