Southampton: 5 Potential Replacements For Mauricio Pochettino

2. Paul Clement

No Southampton manager has been able to say they worked with Gareth Bale since George Burley yet Paul Clement works with the Welsh magician on a weekly basis. Considered one of the best English managers in the making, Clement has worked alongside some of the world's greats throughout his career. In 2012, he was assistant head coach at Paris Saint-Germain, winning the French title with Carlo Ancelotti and coaching the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic. This year it€™s Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo, again working under Ancelotti at Real Madrid. Clement has also spent time working as an academy coach and then coach at Chelsea and has also been assistant coach at Blackburn Rovers before moving to PSG. With that sort of experience, it could only be a matter of time before the Englishman takes the step up into management and uses the knowledge he has gained throughout his incredible career in a different way. There's certainly very few coaches around with his level of experience and while at 42 he may represent a risk, he's currently one of the bookmaker's early favourites to succeed from Pochettino.