Nathan Jones will inherit a Southampton squad capable of “great things” according to interim boss Ruben Selles.
Jones watched from the stands as Saints beat Sheffield Wednesday 6-5 on penalties on Wednesday before being confirmed as manager on Thursday.
Selles said: “This team is a good team. It’s not a team of young players or a team who has no quality or whatever.
“This team is a great team of people. This team is a team that can do great things but everything needs time in this life and when you’re building a new team, it’s never easy in the beginning.
“Some of those boys need patience. That’s what we need to learn, to be a little bit more patient in the situations when we want to build something good.