 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa30 Chikumi 2016, Puel akagadzwa maneja weSouthampton pachibvumirano chemakore matatu. Musi wa14 June 2017, chibvumirano chaPuel chakapedzwa pakarepo. Kudzingwa kwake kwakaunza mhinduro dzakasiyana-siyana. Mumwaka wake mumwe chete ari mutariri, Southampton yakasvika kumagumo eLigi Cupuye vakanyora nzvimbo yechisere muPremier League, kunyange zvazvo vane 17 mapoinzi mashoma kupfuura mumiriri wake Ronald Koeman akawana mwaka wapfuura. Puel ainyanya kutsoropodzwa nekuda kwekudzivirira kwake, neSouthamptons scoring rekodhi imwe yevarombo muligi. Munyori wenhau dzezvemitambo Paul Doyle akadana Puel kuti munhu akawirwa nezvinotarisirwa neSouthampton zvisingabviri. 