Marsch set to replace Jones as Southampton’s manager - Sacked by Leeds just one week ago

This article first appeared on February 13 and has been updated with new information.

Nathan Jones became the eleventh manager to lose his job in this season’s Premier League on Sunday, when Southampton confirmed that they had parted ways with the head coach just 14 league games after appointing him as the successor to Ralph Hasenhüttl. The announcement came shortly after a 2-1 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers, which kept the Saints rooted to bottom place in the English top-flight table. Ruben Selles has stepped up as interim head coach in the meantime. On Tuesday, The Athletic reported that former Leeds boss Jesse Marsch is set to replace Jones on a permanent basis.

Despite the club’s poor form, the announcement came as something of a shock considering the club’s recent history of giving managers time to try and implement their ideas at St Mary's Stadium. Despite having a comparable or even better points per game record to some of his predecessors, Jones was given far less time than the likes of Mark Hughes, Mauricio Pellegrino and certainly nowhere near as much time as Hasenhüttl himself. 

However, the south coast club didn’t have too much time to lick their wounds over a disappointing managerial spell and were forced to quickly appoint a new manager that can guide the club back up the Premier League table. That, unfortunately, is apparently proving to be a tricky task, when we consider Marsch’s record at Elland Road, where he lost his job just one week ago.