Arsenal’s English striker Danny Welbeck (2nd L) vies with Southampton’s English defender Jack Stephens (2nd R) during the English Premier League football match between Southampton and Arsenal at St Mary’s Stadium in Southampton, southern England on May 10, 2017. / AFP PHOTO
Claude Puel was sacked as Southampton manager on Wednesday after just one season in charge, the English Premier Club announced.
Puel, 55, took Southampton to a respectable eighth-place finish in the table and to the League Cup final where they were defeated by Manchester United.
“Southampton Football Club can today confirm that it has terminated the contract of Claude Puel with immediate effect,” said a club statement.
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