3 d. ago Ipswich’s imminent relegation raises an urgent Premier League question

With Ipswich on the brink of joining Southampton and Leicester in going straight back down, is staying in the Premier League as a promoted club now an impossible job?

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5 d. ago Relegated players who will be targets for Premier League clubs this summer

Southampton, Leicester and Ipswich are returning to the Championship. Which of their players deserve to stay up?Leicester were relegated at the weekend and will join Southampton in the Championship next season. Ipswich are 15 points from safety with five games to play, so it’s only a matter of time before they too are consigned to the second tier. The three sides have been extremely disappointing this season, picking up just 10 wins between them, but they have some talented players who will be targets for Premier League sides in the summer transfer window. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Premier League's worst five managers as Ivan Juric finally leaves Southampton

Southampton have axed Ivan Juric after their relegation from the Premier League with the Croatian winning just one game - but it is not the worst record in Premier League history

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3 w. ago Southampton’s relegation is a disaster everyone foresaw but offers a stark warning

After a predictable but needlessly embarrassing Premier League relegation, the club should listen to departing manager Ivan Juric, who highlighted underlying issues on his way out the door

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3 w. ago Relegated Southampton sack Ivan Juric after 107 days as manager

Juric has overseen one league win since December arrivalDanny Röhl thought to be a leading candidate to come inSouthampton have sacked Ivan Juric after 107 days in charge, with the club at risk of recording the lowest points tally in Premier League history. Saints were relegated on Sunday after defeat at Tottenham.Juric replaced Russell Martin in December but failed to fashion an uplift in results, with the 49-year-old winning only one league match, at Ipswich in February. Saints have lost seven of their past eight top-flight matches. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ivan Juric leaves Southampton with unwanted Premier League record after triggering relegation clause

The Croat has been sacked after the club's relegation from the Premier League was confirmed following a 3-1 loss to Tottenham

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3 w. ago Ivan Juric leaves Southampton as worst EVER Premier League boss after relegation

Ivan Juric is set to leave his job as Southampton boss after the club were relegated from the Premier League, with the Croatian winning just one top-flight game since taking charge

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3 w. ago Southampton condemned to record earliest relegation after defeat to Tottenham

Tottenham 3-1 Southampton: The visitors are down with seven games to go after another difficult day

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3 w. ago Tottenham vs Southampton LIVE: Premier League result, latest updates and reaction after relegation

Under fire Spurs avoid huge slip-up against sorry Saints

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3 w. ago Southampton relegated from Premier League as unwanted record looms

Defeat to Tottenham confirmed an immediate return to the second tier

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3 w. ago Southampton endure historic Premier League relegation after defeat at Spurs

It may be that Southampton pick up the two points they need to surpass Derby’s 2007-08 tally of 11 so as not to be ranked the worst team in Premier League history, but no side has ever previously been relegated with seven games of the season remaining. In that sense, and that alone, this was a historic afternoon, a new high in abjection. A facile win, though, did not bring a huge amount of joy for Tottenham.It’s remarkable just how bad a team in Southampton’s position can become, how beaten-down players become unable to perform even the simplest functions. Like their 5-0 win at St Mary’s in December, the game that led to Russell Martin being dismissed, there was a sense that it was almost too straightforward to be meaningful. Yes, the knife cut through the butter; that doesn’t make it a good knife. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Southampton break humiliating Premier League record as Spurs defeat confirms relegation

Tottenham Hotspur's Brennan Johnson caused the early damage to send Southampton back to the Championship in record time with a dismal 25th defeat from 31 matches

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