Southampton boss Nigel Adkins is relaxed over his future despite the Saints losing their first four games back in the Premier League. This has lead to talk that chairman Nicola Cortese may want a replacement with former Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez and Harry Redknapp being mentioned as potential candidates to replace Adkins.
"It doesn't affect me," he said. "I don't read the newspapers. I've got a great working relationship with the chairman here at Southampton and we share a common goal.
"We've had a great couple of seasons and there is stability here at Southampton so we don't even think about things like that.
"I have got my own desire to keep winning games of football because we have that winning mentality here at Southampton. There is a desire that we keep being strong and improving.
"I think if you're looking over your shoulder thinking 'Well, if I don't win this one' your mind is going to be affected in different ways so I don't even think about that.
"At some stage in the future, like in every job, there will be a parting of ways a long way down the line.
"All we are doing [right now] is concentrating on what we're doing. There is stability at Southampton, we're bringing the youth players through the system.
"We have just played Man United and Arsenal and they would have had difficult spells, but they kept stability and that is why they have been successful."
Adkins insists that he has not even spoken to Cortese about the reports about his future.
"We don't need to talk about it," he said. "We have a really good dialogue, contrary to what many people believe.
"We have an excellent working relationship and we share the same common goal; we want Southampton Football Club to do well.
"We know there needs to be stability, we know there needs to be support. We drive each other on. There is nothing wrong with that."
