You can understand why Saints fans re getting impatient for Claude Puel to make a signing and you can understand why they are getting nervous as we seem to be only linked with left backs, but there is no need to panic !
When a new manager arrives it is natural for the club's supporters to want to see he has his finger on the button and a few new signings up his sleeve, however that is not the Saints way of doing things anymore, although of course any manager coming will have the odd player or two he wants to work with, it is the club's own scouting system that will be identifying the bulk of any incoming signings with the manager merely rubber stamping most deals.
But that will not stop the press speculating and most media outlets will take the easy route to a headline and that means linking French players, those who have played in France and those who have played under Puel at previous clubs.
These rumours will take no account of whether Saints actually are in the market for players linked, hence we are being linked with an extraordinary number of left backs at the moment, despite having two of Premier League standard in Ryan Bertrand and Matt Targett.
So those who are salivating with indignation at the lack of transfer activity before the manager has been in place for a week, should be patient, let the new manager and the Saints scouting system do there jobs and then the new signings will start to come in.
Indeed Saints prefer to do things quietly and under the radar so as to hopefully not get themselves involved in situations where agents and clubs try to push the price up by using the media to stoke up interest in players.
That is why Saints get linked with so many players these days, we are seen as a progressive club who are always striving to improve the squad and that is why our name linked with a player will increase his profile, we are seen as doing a thorough job on evaluating a player, so if we are interested then that player must have something about him.