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Southampton: Five alternatives to Jardim if Saints sack Mark Hughes

By Chris Hughes

BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 20: Mark Hughes manager of Southampton during the Premier League match between AFC Bournemouth and Southampton FC at Vitality Stadium on October 20, 2018 in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. (Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty Images)
BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 20: Mark Hughes manager of Southampton during the Premier League match between AFC Bournemouth and Southampton FC at Vitality Stadium on October 20, 2018 in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. (Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty Images) /
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WEST BROMWICH, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 24: David Wagner, Manager of Huddersfield Town looks on prior to the Premier League match between West Bromwich Albion and Huddersfield Town at The Hawthorns on February 24, 2018 in West Bromwich, England. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)
WEST BROMWICH, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 24: David Wagner, Manager of Huddersfield Town looks on prior to the Premier League match between West Bromwich Albion and Huddersfield Town at The Hawthorns on February 24, 2018 in West Bromwich, England. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) /

David Wagner

Pinching from a fellow Premier League side isn’t really Southampton’s style, no less a manager in charge of a side who have managed a worse start to the 2018/19 campaign than the Saints.

Nonetheless, Wagner has done a brilliant job with Huddersfield, no less in just getting them to the Premier League in the first place. Despite a couple of signings in the summer, it’s arguable that Wagner has taken the Terriers as far as they can come, whereas the German has shown the potential to join a bigger side.

While Southampton applied a rather controversial transfer policy this summer, there’s no denying that they are stronger financially than Wagner’s current side, and with the potential to work with better players the 47-year-old could be enticed by a move south.

Despite their lack of form Huddersfield do set up well, playing resiliently at the back but also deploying some nice attacking football when they can.