Relationships between Saints and Spurs have been tense in the past couple of years since Mauricio Pochettino left St Mary's for White Hart Lane, however the Wanyama sale showed the clubs can do business.
Saints are rumoured to be chasing Spurs defender Kieran Trippier from Totteham Hotspur, they tried to sign him last summer when he left Burnley but lost out to Spurs who took him to North London for a fee of around £3.5 million.
However Trippier has struggled for game time and last season played in only 6 Premier eague games with his main appearances being the 10 Europa League run outs he had.
Now it seems that turning 26 in September he realises that he is not going to prosper at Spurs and is looking to move and it is Saints who are linked.
Certainly Claude Puel has said he would like another right sided defender to back up Cedric Soares and Trippier would cost around £5 million, well within Saints budget.
At that price he would be a good addition to the squad and has a good amount of experience behind him having played 170 League games for Burnley, some of which were in the Premier League as well as games at Barnsley on loan.