Ralph Hasenhuttl has spoke of his pride at winning the Premier League manager of the month award for July.
The Austrian, who has just finished his first full season in the Premier League, picked up the award after his team finished the season strongly.
Southampton only lost one of their last 9 games and, in July, they picked up 12 points out of a possible 18.
They finished the season in 11th and there is real optimism amongst fans that Hasenhuttl is building something special at St Mary’s.
Hasenhuttl beat the likes of Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho to win the coveted award and it showed recognition of how well the team performed in July, a month in which they were unbeaten.
Hasenhuttl says he is very proud of the way his team has performed since lockdown:
”I’m very proud for my team, for the whole club to be honest,” he said.
It is the first time that Ralph Hasenhuttl has won the manager of the month award and he’ll certainly be hoping it’ll be the first of many.
Alongside Danny Ings’ player of the season nomination, and Moussa Djenepo’s goal of the season nomination, the Saints team is looking exciting going into next season.
Reflecting on some individual matches at the back end of last season, Hasenhuttl said: