SOUTHAMPTON boss Ralph Hasenhuttl is set to sign a new four-year contract on Tuesday.
SunSport revealed on April 11 that the Austrian had agreed in principle fresh terms.
Ralph Hasenhuttl is set to commit his future at St Mary’sCredit: Getty Images – Getty
But Saints were holding off announcing the deal while they focused on tackling the coronavirus crisis.
Now is seen to be the right time to release the news with the Premier League’s plan to return in place for June 17 and the players back in training.
Hasenhuttl, 52, has bought in hugely to the project on the South Coast of restoring the club’s former tag as the best developers of youth in the country.
He has been working on a club-wide training schedule during lockdown dubbed the SFC Playbook.
The digital work offers text guidance and video clips to help players with every possible situation they can face on a football pitch.
Hasenhuttl’s logic behind it is that it can help all academy players to learn his high-press style of play, while also being useful when attracting new recruits.
He said last month: “It is a huge project but in the end we had time to force it. It is still not finished but we are still working on it. But it is a never-ending story.
The Austrian has been readying his players for Project RestartCredit: Getty Images – Getty
“It’s something we can use for the youth, for new players, for players in the first squad. It’s something that gives us clear identity and this is our goal.”
There were questions marks over Hasenhuttl’s future externally when he was walloped 9-0 at home to Leicester in October.
Yet the ex-RB Leipzig chief has turned things around and now has the St Mary’s outfit in 14th, seven points above the drop zone.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
