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Southampton’s 3-1 defeat to Spurs confirmed their drop to the Championship next season

Southampton’s relegation from the Premier League was mathematically confirmed over the weekend following a 3-1 loss to Tottenham Hotspur.

The result means the Saints are the first team to be relegated this season - and with seven games still to play, they’ve matched an unwanted record as one of the earliest sides ever to drop down in Premier League history.

With 21 points left to play for, the club will be desperate to avoid matching Derby County’s infamous record-low total of 11 points set in the 2007-08 season.

The news followed that Ivan Jurić had left his role as manager after just 108 days in charge. Assistant manager Simon Rusk and experienced midfielder Adam Lallana, who recently returned to the club, will take joint charge for the remaining fixtures of the season.

The financial implications of relegation for Southampton

According to a report in The Athletic, Southampton will forfeit their share of Premier League revenues and instead receive funding as one of the EFL’s 72 member clubs.

However, parachute payments - designed to ease the financial blow of relegation - will provide a significant cushion.

These payments, introduced in 2006, offer a percentage of the broadcast income earned by English top flight clubs. In their first season after relegation, clubs receive 55% of the share, dropping to 45% in the second year if they don’t secure promotion, and finally to 20% in year three.

For the Saints, this equates to an estimated £49 million for next season’s coffers - roughly five times what a standard Championship club receives in combined solidarity payments and television revenue.

However, relegation will still hit their commercial value. The club’s current deal with front-of-shirt sponsor Rollbit, a crypto casino, was announced last summer without a publicly confirmed duration. That partnership could now be under review.

Shirt sponsorships are significantly less valuable in the second tier: while a lower-end Premier League sponsor might pay between £6-8 million per year, those figures are dramatically reduced in the Championship.

A summer of change for the Saints

Managerial vacancies, expiring contracts, and star players leaving

Southampton’s drop into the Championship marks their second relegation in just three seasons, following a 17th-place finish in 2022–23 and another bottom-three finish in 2024–25.

With manager Ivan Jurić gone, the club will begin a search for a new permanent boss in the summer.

Early links include Danny Röhl of Sheffield Wednesday, and Liam Rosenior, recently dismissed by Hull City but currently flying in the Champions League spots in Ligue 1 with Strasbourg.

TalkSport has also reported that Coventry City boss Frank Lampard and former Norwich City man David Wagner have impressed the Saints board.

A squad rebuild may also be on the cards. Some first-team players are out of contract at the end of the season, including Lallana, and key defender Kyle Walker-Peters.

The future of many Saints stars who have shown aptitude to top-flight football will also be in question. Most notably, Taylor Harwood-Bellis’ time at St Mary’s may be cut short amidst interest from Crystal Palace.