Peterborough Director of Football Barry Fry has exclusively told Football FanCast that Ralph Hasenhuttl is fortunate to have avoided getting the sack at Southampton.

The Austrian appeared on the verge of losing his job following Southampton's forgettable 9-0 defeat to Leicester back in October 2019, but ended up turning things around and led the St Mary's outfit to an impressive 11th-place finish.

Hasenhuttl's Saints side then started this Premier League season in outstanding form, and topped the table in November after beating Newcastle.

But Southampton have endured a wretched run of form since mid-December, beating only rock-bottom Sheffield United, and although his side are in the FA Cup semi-finals, they're just seven points above the relegation-zone and suffered another 9-0 defeat at Manchester United back in January, part of a six-match winless run.

And Fry told Football FanCast that Hasenhuttl losing his job still isn't ruled out.

"In the present day of football I would say yeah, nobody survives that [two 9-0s]. There's been a lot of talk about him going, but then he had a magnificent run and Southampton are playing superb football.

"He's had one or two key injuries, but they're a club Southampton in the Premier League that have got a good team if they pick their best XI. But they haven't got a big squad and haven't got strength in depth.

"Can I see them getting rid of him? Possibly."