New Southampton manager Ivan Juric assures he wants to bring ‘Atalanta style’ football to the Premier League, having learned directly from Gian Piero Gasperini. Juric spent most of his career in Italy, first as a player and then a coach, where he worked at Genoa, Crotone, Hellas Verona and Torino. He spent under two months at Roma this season, overseeing 12 competitive games before he was sacked on November 10, but is now starting again at Southampton FC.
“I’m delighted to be here, the Premier League is the best in the world, it’s a great opportunity to see the best players and stadiums,” “I had some contact two years ago, it was the first time that I started thinking about Southampton. At the time, I was still the coach of Torino and I stayed there. “I am always thinking about and watching games, last year I was very interested in Southampton.
I know lots of players because, unlike two years ago, I was watching a lot more television. “It was my wish to come here. I was watching all their games this year.
I saw some good things and some bad, I think the team has the potential to do much better than they are doing now and that is one of the reasons why I am optimistic. “We can do better, we can play better. I saw talent and I think we can be better to prove ourselves and start to pick up points.
” Southampton are currently eight points adrift of safety and have a terrible goal difference of -25, a seemingly doomed situation for Juric to turn around. “I k.