England,UK: Southampton have sacked manager Mauricio Pellegrino with the team just one point and one place above the Premier League relegation zone with eight games left this season.
The Saints have won just one of their past 17 league matches and lost 3-0 at Newcastle United on Saturday.
Pellegrino, 46, was appointed in June as the successor to Claude Puel.
Saints hope to have a new manager in place before facing Wigan on Sunday for a place in the FA Cup semi-finals.
They are in their sixth successive season in the Premier League and have not finished lower than 14th in any of the previous five.
Pellegrino, a former Argentina international, secured the equivalent of 0.93 points per game, the third-worst tally of any Southampton manager in the Premier League.
courtesy of bbc sports
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