Mauricio Pellegrino sacked by Southampton after club lose patience

• Saints’ 3-0 defeat at Newcastle proves final straw
• Pellegrino’s assistants also leave after one win in 17 league games

Southampton have sacked Mauricio Pellegrino after a miserable run of one win in 17 Premier League matches left them embroiled in a fight to avoid relegation with nine games remaining.

The club are targeting a swift appointment – a third in less than two years – ideally before Sunday’s FA Cup quarter-final at Wigan Athletic. They could, however, wait to name the Argentinian’s successor, because they have no league match until the end of this month, at West Ham on 31 March.

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2HsGFli