SAINTS legend Matt Le Tissier insisted Ralph Hasenhuttl “hasn’t come under pressure” despite the club’s wretched run of Premier League form.

The St Mary’s side have registered just one point from their past nine top-flight fixtures. Their latest defeat came with a 1-0 loss at Everton on Monday.

But former England international Le Tissier, who scored 100 Premier League goals in 270 appearances, insisted he had not heard the Austrian’s job was under threat.

“I haven’t heard any rumblings from within the football club that there is talk that he’s about to lose his job,” Le Tissier told talkSPORT.

“I haven’t heard any whispers of that.

“It’s a strange one because you look at the run they’re on, and most clubs with a manager on that kind of run – there would be a lot of talk and pressure on him.

“But it doesn’t seem to be the case with Southampton. They seem to believe in the manager.

“Given what he did to the team after last season’s 9-0 result (to Leicester), you can see why there is a belief in him there.”

He added: “Obviously, I would imagine the reason he hasn’t come under pressure is because the board knows the restrictions they’ve placed on him in terms of strengthening the squad and what there is available to do that.

“We had to wheel and deal a bit in January and get rid of a couple of players on loan, so we could afford to get in (Takumi) Minamino.

“It’s not a great position for the manager when he’s not really got the funds to do anything to strengthen the team when he’s having this injury crisis.”