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Hasenhuttl Expresses His Love For Southampton

Ralph Hasenhuttl has been talking to the media about his squad as well as his love for the area, the club and the relationship with CEO Martin Semmens, it is great to hear a Saints manager speak with such enthusiasm.

Next month will mark Ralph Hasenhuttl's second anniversary at Southampton Football club,at this moment it is probably hard to find a Saints supporter who won't celebrate that day when it arrives.

It seems he is very much at home in Southampton and he is enjoying the experience.

Speaking to German media outlet Kicker Ralph had this to say.

"My wife and I feel very much at home here, we love southern England, people like us. And I can fully concentrate on football here, the work is great fun,”

"With Martin Semmens, my chairman, I have someone by my side who supports me. We went through the time after Leicester together, and a trust grew there that I didn’t know before in this business. I can’t think of a better job at the moment.”

Certainly the fans feel the same way about Ralph, from the moment he arrived there seemed to be something different about him, he got an immediate connection with the supporters in a way similar to the way that Jurgen Klopp bonded with Liverpool supporters, which was not surprising given that even before his arrival at St Mary's his nickname in Germany was "Klopp Of The Alps"

You cannot imagine many of our previous managers joining in with the after match celebrations the way that Ralph does, certainly Mark Hughes seemed indifferent to the entire club other than those in his first team, but Klopp is different.

Ronald Koeman was of a similar vein, but even he was far far short of having the relationship with Saints supporters that Ralph has.

In the past Lawrie McMenemy was beloved by the fans, but his was more a media driven love, whereas Ralph is far more hands on, be it sprinting down the touchline when we score or his trademark bowing to the fans after a good win away from home.

If we can have another two seasons with the progress made at the same rate as the first two years, then this club could truly be up there with not only Koeman's side of 4 years ago, but perhaps even McMenemy's of the 70's/80's.

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