Southampton close to appointing Juric as manager

Southampton are adjacent to appointing Ivan Juric arsenic their manager connected an 18-month deal.

The Croat is acceptable to regenerate Russell Martin, who was sacked by the Saints connected Sunday aft their 5-0 thrashing by Tottenham.

Juric, 49, was astir precocious manager of Roma, who sacked him successful November aft conscionable 12 matches successful charge.

The Southampton occupation would people Juric's archetypal managerial relation extracurricular Italy.

His woody is said to see a summertime interruption clause.

Club sources accidental Juric was 1 of 2 options successful the framework arsenic Ralph Hasenhuttl's replacement erstwhile Nathan Jones was appointed successful November 2022.

The nine is said to privation a manager who tin bring immoderate solidity and subject to the squad aft the dense decision by Spurs.

Juric is improbable to beryllium successful station for this weekend's lucifer astatine Fulham connected Sunday (14:00 GMT).

Southampton are bottommost of the Premier League table, 9 points from safety, having picked up conscionable 1 triumph truthful acold this season.