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 Ralph Hasenhuttl has laughed off being 

tipped for football's top jobs by his own 

Southampton players.

Jan Bednarek insisted Austrian boss 

Hasenhuttl deserves to manage 'the biggest 

teams in the world', with Saints 10th

 in the Premier League and suffering

 just one defeat in their last 10 games 

in all competitions.

Some pundits have claimed Hasenhuttl 

would prove a good fit at Manchester 

United given his prior working relationship 

with interim boss Ralf Rangnick, who 

is due to start a two-year consultancy 

role with the club in the summer.

But Hasenhuttl chuckled at the suggestions

, joking that Bednarek especially had no 

choice but to praise his manager when 

quizzed directly on the topic.

'This was a very awful question for 

a player from my team, what else should

 he answer?' said a laughing Hasenhuttl.

'He has to answer quite well. He tried to 

come out of this question with a good 

answer and he did it.'

On being tipped for a future United role,

 Hasenhuttl continued: 'This is not in 

my mind and also not the things that 

are interesting me.

'I don't want to speak about my future

 every week.

'Last week we spoke about different things

, and this week we should be speaking 

about the game we have now against Everton.

'This is more interesting for me, my whole

 focus and whole energy is on this game. 

Anything else I will leave to other people.'

Southampton will host Frank Lampard's

 Everton at St Mary's on Saturday, in the 

first of four home matches in their next 

five league and cup fixtures.

Hasenhuttl feels confidence is high 

after beating Tottenham and taking points

 off both Manchester clubs, but has also 

warned his players not to let their guard 

down amid an apparent softer run of fixtures.

'

We are in a good mood if you want, we 

have had some tough games in the 

past weeks,' said Hasenhuttl.

'We've lost only against Wolves and 

the rest was very tough, Manchester 

City, Tottenham, Manchester United.

'Staying unbeaten was a massive step 

forward for us definitely. But that doesn't 

mean that life is easier now, definitely not.

'Teams are coming where you think 

points can be possible, but it's definitely

 not easier.

'We know the upcoming fixtures are 

super tough for us. But the level we 

have shown is the level we are demanding

 now. And we have to keep on going the

 way we have in the last few games.'