Ivan Juric admits he is not sure if he will be in charge at Southampton next season and admitted he has “not done good” at St Mary’s.
Reports emerged this week that Saints were lining up a move for Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl irrespective of which division they were in come the summer. Rohl is a former assistant at Southampton and the club reportedly approached Wednesday prior to appointing Juric.
The South Coast club are bottom of the Premier League with just nine points from 27 games, 13 adrift of safety.
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Juric replaced the sacked Russell Martin in December having been dismissed himself by Roma a month earlier after just 12 games in charge.
Juric ‘living in the moment’
Asked about his future ahead of Saturday’s daunting trip to leaders Liverpool, the Croatian said: “I don’t know. Like I said, I live in the moment and I’m thinking about Liverpool, not about what will or will not happen in the future. I can do my job and try to do my best. That’s it.
“It’s normal for every manager when you have results and everything is good and when you don’t have results, you and the club have doubts. It’s a normal situation and I’m used to it. For every manager it’s nothing special.”
Juric honest about his own performance
Juric has lost all but one of his 10 league games in charge and admits it has not been easy.
He added: “I have not done good, it has [been] bad. I think there are lots of situations. I think it is everybody’s fault a little bit.
“But if I think of my job, of course I’m not happy, I’m not satisfied. I expected much more. When things went wrong, it’s everybody’s fault.
“Not the team or me or the club, it’s the fault of everybody. We have nine points. With Russell Martin they did five and then four.
“My fault and others, so it’s not important to think about that. It’s only important that we must prepare for the game.
“We need to do our best at the end of the season. Then you will see what will happen. It’s not easy to lose in the games.
“But like I said before, for my young players, it’s a great experience. I have to be tough. I have to think that something good can happen in these bad times.”
If there was some good news for Juric it is the fact his squad will have four players back at Anfield with Kyle Walker-Peters, Adam Lallana, Jan Bednarek and Lesley Ugochuukwu all available.
