#4 Will Puel still be at St Mary's next season?
Puel has certainly not done a bad job on the south coast this term, but he does not seem to enjoy the same connection with the club as predecessors Nigel Adkins, Mauricio Pochettino and Ronald Koeman did. Southampton
Southampton are arguably the best run club in the division and have an excellent track record of replacing players and managers with minimum fuss, so they are unlikely to be fazed by the prospect of searching for a new head coach this summer.
Sacking the Frenchman would be harsh in the extreme, particularly as the Saints were unfortunate to lose the EFL Cup final to a Zlatan Ibrahimovic-inspired Manchester United. Yet there is little room for sentiment in the modern game, and the club’s hierarchy have a duty to act if they do not consider Puel to be the right man for the job.
Marco Silva is one man who has been linked with Southampton, although he may yet receive offers from elsewhere. Puel has done enough to deserve another crack of the whip next season, but football does not always work like that.
