Leicester City manager Claude Puel has been discussing his time at Southampton last season, the Daily Mail reports.
The Frenchman was appointed to replace Ronald Koeman at the helm of the club, before he was sacked in the following summer.
The biggest challenge we faced up to having two games a week with the Europa League. It was a young squad and that was tough. To finish eighth was pretty decent. We brought on and developed some excellent young talent. Nathan Redmond and James Ward-Prowse made their mark internationally, if you like. I was pleased how things went.
We beat good teams to reach the League Cup final and deserved more from that game, although Jose Mourinho might not agree. I managed to develop my English, although I am still trying my best to perfect it.
However, he is back in English football with Leicester, who have appointed the ex-Nice boss after having confirmed the dismissal of Craig Shakespeare in recent times.
Puel has been reflecting on his time at Saints, and has responded to the claims that his football was ‘boring’ – a gripe that a large portion of the south coast club’s fan-base had with him.
Last season for example we developed good football without the clinical edge. We were seventh place for creating chances but 20th for converting.
But that is finished. It is important to stay with good focus about Leicester. I am glad to be a Fox. It is not a priority just to play good football or nice football. The priority is to win, whether at Leicester, Southampton, or Arsenal – all.
Saints have since appointed Mauricio Pellegrino as their new boss, but there appears to still be fundamental issues in that goals aren’t coming frequently enough.
Puel will be hoping to help Leicester climb out of the bottom half of the table after what can only be described as a terrible start to the campaign.
