Ruben Selles has been appointed Southampton manager until the end of the season.
The Premier League’s bottom club sacked Nathan Jones after just 95 days in charge earlier this month, having dismissed Ralph Hasenhuttl in November.
Selles’ appointment comes after talks with former Leeds United manager Jesse Marsch broke down.
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The Saints defeated Chelsea on Saturday in Spaniard Selles’ one game as interim manager after Jones’ sacking.
“It is a pleasure for me and I think all of the technical staff deserve this, they have been amazing and working hard together,” Selles said.
Before the victory over Chelsea, the 39-year-old confirmed he wanted to become the club’s next permanent manager, saying he had been ready to become a “number one for the last four years”.
Selles, who has coaching experience in Greece, Azerbaijan and Denmark, backed that up by helping his struggling side earn only their second league win since October.
He had been a first-team coach at Southampton under both Hasenhuttl and Jones.
Senior players in the squad, especially captain James Ward-Prowse, made it clear to senior management they wanted to go back to playing in a more familiar way – a return to four at the back, for a start, after the disastrous Nathan Jones spell – and that they were happy for Selles to be in charge.
