Fabian Hürzeler is not under pressure at Brighton and Hove Albion despite their current poor run of form.
That’s according to SportBILD. The German newspaper reports that, internally, there are no concerns about Brighton’s drop to 14th place.
Hürzeler has been facing increased criticism in recent weeks as Brighton have slid down the Premier League table.
Brighton are currently winless in their last six league games and only have one win in their last 13.
Brighton’s poor form
Those results have pushed them down to 14th after they were previously in contention for Europe.
Recent results have piled on the pressure, particularly a 1-0 home defeat to rivals Crystal Palace. A subsequent heavy, 3-0 defeat to Liverpool in the FA Cup certainly didn’t aim the German’s cause either.
A small section of the home crowd even booed the team after recent losses. Hürzeler, for his part, has insisted he feels no pressure from the club’s hierarchy at this point. That’s also the word from SportBILD.
According to their information, ‘there are no doubts’ about the 32-year-old. This is despite a poor run of form and questions over squad usage.
Indeed, the focus is actually on improving that squad. This information about Hürzeler’s future comes in a report about a renewed effort to sign Said El Mala from Cologne.
Summer exit still possible
Whether it’s correct, though, remains to be seen. Brighton will surely be asking questions about Hürzeler’s future given their slide.
While an immediate sacking may be on the cards, they could easily be thinking about parting ways in the summer.
That’s something they’ve done in the past. Roberto de Zerbi previously left at the end of the season after pressure mounted midway through the campaign. Such a strategy certainly falls into Brighton’s long-term planning and thinking.
For now, though, reports in Germany suggest Hürzeler is not under threat.