Southampton stars to buy interim boss Selles a new suit after win

Southampton captain James Ward-Prowse reveals players will buy interim boss Ruben Selles a new suit following their shock win at Chelsea… as Spaniard made joke wager in pre-match meeting

• Chelsea 0-1 Southampton: Ward-Prowse free-kick gives managerless Saints vital
• Selles wore a dark suit, trendy trainers and a black rollneck at Stamford Bridge
• Chelsea fans booed Graham Potter’s side as pressure increases on the manager 

James Ward-Prowse has revealed the Southampton players will club together to buy interim boss Ruben Selles a new suit following their shock victory over Chelsea.

Spaniard Selles, 39, wore a dark suit, trendy trainers and a black rollneck at Stamford Bridge on Saturday as the Saints earned a vital 1-0 win.

And Ward-Prowse told The Sun: ‘I wasn’t too sure about the suit when we saw it in the meeting.

‘He joked in the pre-match meeting that we would have buy him a new suit if we won.

‘So, we will be off down to the local suit shop to get him a nice one.’

Interim Southampton boss Ruben Selles wore a dark suit, trendy trainers and a black rollneck

Ward-Prowse scored a 25-yard free-kick as rock bottom Saints won at Stamford Bridge and completed the league double over the Blues.

It was his 17th goal scored from a dead-ball situation and moves him one behind David Beckham’s Premier League record of 18.

He added: ‘We’re really pleased. It’s been a tough week. There’s been a lot of outside noise, a bit of chaos around the place but Ruben has come in and shown a bit of calmness and great leadership in that moment and settled everyone down and given everybody confidence in a familiar way of playing.

‘I think you can see that belief from minute one. There was a game there to be had, you could feel that in the stadium and thankfully a huge win.

James Ward-Prowse scored the winner as the Saints won at Stamford Bridge on Saturday

‘It’s a familiar way of playing for us. We want to be front footed and take the game to teams, especially if Chelsea themselves aren’t in a great moment.

‘A really positive result and one that we deserved. We rode our luck at times but you’ve got to do that. We’ve not had the greatest of luck lately but it was with us today.’

‘This is a special moment, a special day for us as a club, and hopefully a springboard to turn things round.

‘We have to make sure that we give 100 per cent no matter who the manager is. That’s the task. To do that consistently over the next few games would be massive.’

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