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Nathan Jones has been sacked by Southampton – three months into a three-and-a-half year contract – following defeat at Wolves, the club’s seventh in the eight league games for which he was manager. The Saints sit bottom of the Premier League, three points adrift of rivals Bournemouth, and five points from safety.
Jones was appointed manager in November 2022, leaving Luton Town to move to St Mary’s after Ralph Hasenhüttl’s contract was terminated. Though they reached the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup, beating Manchester City in the last eight, and are still in the FA Cup, Southampton’s form this season has been miserable. Since the end of August, they have won only once in the league – against fellow strugglers Everton, who fired Frank Lampard a week later – and with supporters agitating and a succession of difficult games to come, the board have chosen to act.
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