Saints midfielder Harrison Reed may be leaving St Mary's in this transfer window and heading over the border to Glasgow.
Glasgow Rangers are believed to be making overtures to Saints about taking midfielder Harrison Reed on loan for the rest of the season.
Reed may have hoped that he may have been able to force his way into the first team reckoning this season after the departure of Morgan Schneiderlin, but this has not proved to be the case after the Frenchman was replaced by not one but two incoming transfers in Jordie Clasie and Oriol Romeu.
This means that Reed has managed just one appearance as sub after two cameo appearances off the bench against Vitesse Arnhem in the Europa League, his solitary appearance in the Premier League came a couple of weeks ago at Norwich when he played the final ten minutes of the 1-0 defeat.
Reed is a popular player amongst Saints supporters but the reality is that the players ahead of him are there on merit and that has made it hard for him to make a breakthrough.
A loan spell to Glasgow Rangers might enable him to get regular first team football for the first time in his career and either thrust him back into the first team reckoning at Saints or put him into the shop window.
Reed turned 21 on the 27th of January and his career total of 5 Premier League starts plus another 9 off the bench is not enough at his age, he needs to prove himself with regular football and then decise whether his future lies elsewhere.
Although some Saints fans have demanded Reed et more of a look in, they have to trust Ronald Koeman when he picks other ahead of Reed, it is a very combative area for Saints with 4 or 5 players all vying for positions in the centre ahead of Reed.