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Russell Martin: Leicester City in talks with former Southampton boss
11 June 2026 Off

Russell Martin: Leicester City in talks with former Southampton boss

By Total Football News

Leicester City are in talks with former Rangers and Southampton boss Russell Martin over their vacant manager’s position.

Martin, 40, has been out of work since being sacked by Scottish Premiership giants Rangers in October.

BBC Radio Leicester understands the club’s hierarchy have interviewed Martin as part of an ongoing process to find a replacement for Gary Rowett.

Rowett took charge in February, shortly after a six-point deduction for a

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Russell Martin & Gary O’Neil: Does sacking a Premier League manager help you avoid relegation?
16 December 2024 Off

Russell Martin & Gary O’Neil: Does sacking a Premier League manager help you avoid relegation?

By Total Football News

Not counting this season, there have been 91 times when a team have parted company with their manager while in the drop zone – and on 36 of those occasions they avoided relegation.

That is a success rate of 40%, so we know the difficult decision can work.

Of those 36 cases, five of the teams were exactly five points adrift when the manager left, like Wolves.

Sam Allardyce kept

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Russell Martin: Southampton sack manager after Tottenham defeat
16 December 2024 Off

Russell Martin: Southampton sack manager after Tottenham defeat

By Total Football News

Southampton were 5-0 down to Tottenham before half-time and frustration from some of the home fans was directed at both Martin and club owners Sport Republic.

Despite making nine permanent signings in the summer, Saints’ squad has been exposed in the Premier League, with the lack of goals and a porous defence.

“This is a very precarious job,” said Martin after the game. “I can’t sit here after losing 5-0,

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Russell Martin: Southampton’s Premier League points tally is embarrassing
12 December 2024 Off

Russell Martin: Southampton’s Premier League points tally is embarrassing

By Total Football News

Southampton manager Russell Martin says the club’s Premier League points tally so far this season is “incredibly hurtful and embarrassing”.

His team sit bottom of the Premier League table on five points.

Martin’s side have won once, drawn twice and lost 12 of their 15 league fixtures since earning promotion back to the top flight.

They have a goal difference of minus 20, having scored 11 and conceded 31 times.

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Russell Martin: Southampton boss defiant as Saints lose again
10 November 2024 Off

Russell Martin: Southampton boss defiant as Saints lose again

By Total Football News

Chief executive Phil Parsons led the transfer negotiations in the summer after director of football Jason Wilcox departed to become technical director at Manchester United.

Parsons’ previous experience was as an executive at appliance company Dyson, and Wilcox’s exit left a hole at St Mary’s.

Wilcox, who was instrumental in bringing Martin to the club from Swansea in 2023, has still not been replaced, with the likely scenario

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Russell Martin: Southampton ‘must not lose identity’ in Premier League
30 May 2024 Off

Russell Martin: Southampton ‘must not lose identity’ in Premier League

By Total Football News

However, Martin’s brand of possession-based football has not been universally acclaimed at his previous clubs.

After winning 30 of his 80 games in charge at MK Dons to finish 19th and 13th in League One, he followed that up with 36 wins and 36 defeats at Swansea, while ending up 15th and 10th in the Championship.

Swans fans had got used to their side playing with a swagger in recent

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Russell Martin: Southampton boss apologises to fans for Foxes rout
24 April 2024 0

Russell Martin: Southampton boss apologises to fans for Foxes rout

By Total Football News

Southampton boss Russell Martin has issued an apology to supporters who travelled to Leicester after their humiliating 5-0 defeat on Tuesday.

The Saints were outclassed and are now six points adrift of the automatic promotion places with two games left and a far inferior goal difference.

“I want to apologise to the fans,” Martin told BBC Radio Solent.

“We’re going to need them in the next few games to pick

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Russell Martin: Southampton boss congratulates John Mousinho on Portsmouth success
19 April 2024 0

Russell Martin: Southampton boss congratulates John Mousinho on Portsmouth success

By Total Football News
Southampton manager Russell Martin holds his thumb up
Southampton are fourth in the Championship with four games left

Southampton manager Russell Martin has described Portsmouth’s promotion to the Championship as a “great achievement” for boss John Mousinho.

Martin said that the pair know each other well and played together at under-18s level.

“I’m pleased a young British manager is getting an opportunity and I’m pleased for him personally,” Martin said.

“For our fans though, it doesn’t mean I’m

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Will Smallbone: Southampton midfielder credits boss Russell Martin for best-ever goals return
19 April 2024 0

Will Smallbone: Southampton midfielder credits boss Russell Martin for best-ever goals return

By Total Football News
Southampton midfielder Will Smallbone celebrates scoring against Watford
Will Smallbone has scored the most goals this season than ever before in his senior career

Southampton’s Will Smallbone says the best goal-scoring return of his career this season is down to the work he has done with boss Russell Martin.

The midfielder has netted five times in the Championship this term, a feat he puts down to Martin’s encouragement.

“Scoring goals is something I’ve wanted to add to my

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Russell Martin: Jason Wilcox has Southampton manager’s best wishes if he departs
6 April 2024 0

Russell Martin: Jason Wilcox has Southampton manager’s best wishes if he departs

By Total Football News
Southampton manager Russell Martin
Southampton sit fourth in the Championship table

Southampton manager Russell Martin has said that the “likely” departure of director of football Jason Wilcox impacts him.

“Being brutally honest, the one person this affects the most is me,” Martin told BBC Radio Solent.

Reports surfaced this week that Wilcox was to resign but Southampton are yet to confirm this.

He has been linked with a switch to Manchester United having previously

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