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Southampton Names Rubén Sellés Manager until End of Season

Football - Premier League - Chelsea v Southampton - Stamford Bridge, London, Britain - February 18, 2023 Southampton interim manager Rubén Sellés celebrates after the match. (Reuters)
Football - Premier League - Chelsea v Southampton - Stamford Bridge, London, Britain - February 18, 2023 Southampton interim manager Rubén Sellés celebrates after the match. (Reuters)
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Southampton Names Rubén Sellés Manager until End of Season

Football - Premier League - Chelsea v Southampton - Stamford Bridge, London, Britain - February 18, 2023 Southampton interim manager Rubén Sellés celebrates after the match. (Reuters)
Football - Premier League - Chelsea v Southampton - Stamford Bridge, London, Britain - February 18, 2023 Southampton interim manager Rubén Sellés celebrates after the match. (Reuters)

Southampton hired Rubén Sellés as manager until the end of the Premier League season, the relegation-threatened club said Friday.

The 39-year-old Spaniard led Southampton to a 1-0 win over Chelsea last Saturday in his first league game in charge as caretaker manager after Nathan Jones was fired.

Sellés had publicly advocated for the job, saying last week that he was “as capable of doing that as any other,” amid reports the club had been negotiating with former Leeds manager Jesse Marsch.

Southampton remains in last place ahead of a crucial match at Leeds on Saturday. Leeds is next-to-last and only one point above Southampton.

Sellés, who was expected to hold a pre-match news conference later Friday, had joined Southampton as an assistant to Ralph Hasenhuttl.

Sellés was in charge for an English League Cup game in November after Hassenhuttl was fired. Jones was then appointed but Southampton lost seven of its eight league games under him.

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Struggling Valencia Fires Coach Rubén Baraja

Alaves head coach Eduardo Coudet (R) and Valencia head coach Ruben Baraja hug prior to the Spanish LaLiga soccer match between Valencia CF and Deportivo Alaves, in Valencia, Spain, 22 December 2024. EPA/KAI FÖRSTERLING
Alaves head coach Eduardo Coudet (R) and Valencia head coach Ruben Baraja hug prior to the Spanish LaLiga soccer match between Valencia CF and Deportivo Alaves, in Valencia, Spain, 22 December 2024. EPA/KAI FÖRSTERLING
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Struggling Valencia Fires Coach Rubén Baraja

Alaves head coach Eduardo Coudet (R) and Valencia head coach Ruben Baraja hug prior to the Spanish LaLiga soccer match between Valencia CF and Deportivo Alaves, in Valencia, Spain, 22 December 2024. EPA/KAI FÖRSTERLING
Alaves head coach Eduardo Coudet (R) and Valencia head coach Ruben Baraja hug prior to the Spanish LaLiga soccer match between Valencia CF and Deportivo Alaves, in Valencia, Spain, 22 December 2024. EPA/KAI FÖRSTERLING

Valencia fired coach Rubén Baraja on Monday after another setback in La Liga left the club stuck in the relegation zone and sparked renewed protests against Singaporean owner Peter Lim.
Valencia said it “decided to bring to an end Baraja’s time as first team coach” following a 2-2 home draw against Alaves on Sunday.
Valencia needed a stoppage-time equalizer to salvage the result that left the club second to last in the standings.
The home draw prompted more criticism from fans who have long complained about the administration of Lim, whom they accuse of using the club only as a business endeavor.
Baraja, a former Valencia player, took over the club in 2023. His replacement was not immediately announced, The Associated Press reported.
“The club would like to publicly thank Baraja for the passion, dedication and commitment that he has shown from the first to the last day of his tenure,” Valencia said in a statement. “The results have required a decision that has been very difficult to make.”
Valencia's next league match was against Real Madrid at home on Jan. 3 in a game postponed from October because of the deadly floods that hit Valencia.
Valencia is winless in its last four matches.