Southampton's board are determined to stick with manager Ralph Hasenhuttl.

The Daily Mail says Southampton's ongoing struggles under Hasenhuttl have sparked dressing room concerns that he may not be able to arrest their slide.

The south coast club head to Aston Villa third bottom having won just four of their 17 league games this season.

Villa are just a place above Southampton and the drop zone on goal difference, increasing the importance of Saturday's game.

Despite doubts among some members of the squad about whether Hasenhuttl can revive the club's fortunes, though, he retains the backing of St Mary's chiefs.

That was underlined at the club's Christmas party on Sunday when former owner and current board member Katharina Liebherr ended her speech with a rendition of Hasenhuttl's terrace chant, sung to the tune of Last Christmas.