Overview

• He has taken charge of Southampton’s pre-season camp at the New Forest training facility this month.
• He has publicly pledged to secure promotion this season to avoid a second year outside the Premier League.
• His coaching philosophy blends data-driven analysis honed at Lens and Reims with a high-pressing style inspired by Mauricio Pochettino.
• Still’s return to England was shaped by his partner Emma Saunders’s battle with thyroid cancer and encephalitis, which prompted him to seek proximity to home.
• He inherits a squad that suffered a record-early relegation last season, heightening pressure for a swift rebuilding effort.